Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

gummed paper/ adhesive

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

51,1 cm

Largeur

37,4 cm

Hauteur

S/O

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Transports ferroviaires

Catégorie

Divers

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Tearne

Pays

England

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Birmingham

Contexte

Pays

Costa Rica

État/province

Inconnu

Période

never used

Canada

The British firm Tearne and Sons manufactured this transfer, but they also produced many decals for Canadian railways. This coat of arms represents the Costa Rica Railway. Built with funds borrowed from England by the Costa Rican government, construction of the CRR began in 1871 and it became operational in 1890. The British played an enormous role in financing and building railways in northern, central, and southern America and this transfer illustrates that. Although the British lent the necessary funds to construct the CRR, it was managed by M.C. Keith, owner of several banana plantations. Keith used the profits made from the plantation to finance the rail.

Fonction

A form of decal used to label and decorate railway equipment instead of hand painting. It transfers a printed design in the form of a decal on to the surface of a rail vehicle. upon contact

Technique

The coat of arms of the CRR would have been transferred onto an object's surface (e.g. locomotive) or carriage), serving as an identification tool. This transfer was printed on simplex paper, which means it rests on a single layer of heavy water-penetrable paper. This decal would have been transferred onto a chosen surface by use of a transferring technique called "water releasing". Two layers of varnish would have been spread onto the image before it was pressed onto the desired surface. Once securely attached, the backing of the decal would have been saturated with water and then gently lifted from the image layer.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

black crayoned lettering on front reads 'COSTA/ RICA/ RLY' with penciled '? white'

Manque

S/O

Fini

white with multicoloured coat of arms

Décoration

multicoloured coat of arms contains three mountains and ship of coat of arms of Costa Rica, with lettering reading "REPUBLICA DES COSTA RICA'