AN AMERICAN SILVER RAILROAD PASS

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19.01.2024 10:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 352 | AN AMERICAN SILVER RAILROAD PASS
AN AMERICAN SILVER RAILROAD PASS

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1889

Rounded rectangular, chased with the words THE SILVERTON RAILROAD COMPANY and the signature of the president Otto Mears along with a scene of a train winding through tall mountains in an oval, further engraved with the name Constance Whitney and the number 675

3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) long

16 dwt. (25 gr.)





Provenance

Possibly for Constance Whitney Warren (1888-1948).



Exhibited

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, long term loan, 2009-2022.
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