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Crest for the Shire Highlands Railway (Nyasaland)

Transfer
1895-1935 (made)
Artist/Maker
Tearne & Sons Ltd (printers)
Place of origin
Birmingham (printed)

Crest for the Shire Highlands Railway in colonial Nyasaland (now Malawi). Red and gold.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Transport
Colonialism and Empire
Object type
Transfer
TitleCrest for the Shire Highlands Railway (Nyasaland) (generic title)
Materials and techniques
lithographic transfer on painted board
Brief description
Crest for the Shire Highlands Railway (Nyasaland), lithographic transfer printed by Tearne & Sons, Great Britain, 1895-1935
Physical description
Crest for the Shire Highlands Railway in colonial Nyasaland (now Malawi). Red and gold.
Dimensions
  • Board height: 34in (Note: taken from Circulation register)
  • Board width: 34in (Note: taken from Circulation register)
Object history
From a collection of crests and monograms produced for railway and other transport firms by the Birmingham firm of printers, Tearne and Sons of Hockley, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1967
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.736-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1070930/crest-for-the-shire-highlands-transfer-tearne--sons/
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