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Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) dining car china SET.round plate is 8 1/2: and serving dish is 6"
Broadway & Brown Keystone PRR-3 & PRR- 4
Round plate is PRR-3: Broadway: body color ivory. Pinstripes 2548 brown. Crosshatched design next to pinstripe is green 2638 and inner brown is 2548. Center monogram uses same green and brown. MFG BUF, MYR & SCM.Backstamp confirms: PRR and Broadway
Ovall platter is PRR-4: Brown Keystone. Body color tan. Pinstripes and logo are 2688 brown. Mtg MYR. Never backstamped.
The backstamp reads:
Mayer China
Beaver Falls, PA
Copyrighted for
Broadway Limited
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
The front pattern features:
- Red and green geometric border bands
- The distinctive keystone-shaped PRR emblem in the center
- Heavy vitrified railroad-service china construction
The Broadway Limited was the PennsylvaniaRailroad's premier New York-Chicago passenger train and is one of the mostfamous named trains in American railroad history.
Date
The note indicates 1953, which fits the styleand Mayer China production period. The Broadway Limited pattern remained in useduring the streamliner era of the 1940s and 1950s.
Condition
From the photos:
- No obvious chips or cracks.
- Good color retention in the border.
- Moderate utensil wear in the eating surface.
- Light age/use marks expected from service ware.
