Description

Celebrate a full century of iron horses with this stunning 1938 commemorative plate issued exclusively for the Norfolk and Western Railway Co., marking 100 years of service from 1838 to 1938. The richly decorated border features ten individual cartouches, each depicting a different N&W locomotive from a specific decade, spanning 1838 through 1938, all rendered in crisp black and sepia tones against soft blue and green grounds, separated by bold burgundy dividers with gold trim. The colorful center medallion bursts to life with a vivid Victorian-era scene of an 1838 steam locomotive pulling open passenger carriages while townsfolk in period dress watch in wide-eyed wonder. The backstamp confirms this piece was made by Scammell Lamberton Ivory China, U.S.A., designed expressly for the Norfolk and Western Railway Co. and furnished by Barker-Jennings Hardware Corp., making it a true piece of American railroad and ceramic history.

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