Artist/Maker
Vernon Kilns
(1928 - 1958)
Ashtray: Durango & Colorado
1948-1955
Place madeVernon, California, United States, North America
Whiteware
Overall: 1 x 6 in. ( 2.5 x 15.2 cm )
Gift of Ms. Dora Whitman Flukiger
1955.239
This ashtray is part of the Hotel Dauphin Collection of railroad china and dining car plates.
DescriptionWhiteware ashtray with red transfer printed railroad track border.Markingstyped: paper label on reverse: identifies railroad
printed: on reverse: "THE SAN JUAN/.../by/Vernon Kilns/U.S.A/Sketch from photographs by/ Lucius Beebe and the /Denver & Rio Grande Western R.R./Manufactured for/Jackson Hardware, Inc./Durango, Colorado"
printed: on obverse: "THE NARROW GAUGE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD/DURANGO COLORADO" and "The San Juan"
ClassificationsCERAMICS
