AN AMERICAN SILVER RAILROAD PASS

Lot 352
19.01.2024 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 352 | AN AMERICAN SILVER RAILROAD PASS
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$ 2 000 – 3 000
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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