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

59,0 cm

Largeur

39,1 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

Brésil

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 transfer represents the 'Great Western', a Brazilian colonial railway built in the 1870's by British engineers. This railway enabled the expansion of the northeastern Brazilian interior. Despite its name, it also served the state of Penambuco. The British played an enormous role in financing and building railways in northern, central, and southern America and this transfer illustrates that. This coat of arms transfer represents the 'FC Saliteras'. Built in 1865, the FCS is the oldest Chilean nitrate railway. Owned and operated by the British, this track stretches 400 miles and connects with Chile's principal lines. Although this railway is known for transporting nitrate, it also carries passengers. The British played an enormous role in financing and building railways in northern, central, and southern America and this transfer illustrates that. 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

This 4 colour decal of the Great Western Railway of Brazil's coat of arms would have been transferred onto an object's surface (e.g. locomotive) or carriage) and served 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

lettering on back reads 'T&S'/ handwritten script on front reads 'Gt, Western of Brazil/ Monogram'

Manque

S/O

Fini

white with multicoloured monogram

Décoration

entwined letters appear to read 'GWRB'