BUFFALO CHINA CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD CERAMIC PLATE, having a narrow embossed gilt rim, embossed gilt cavetto, and a central polychrome portrait medallion of George Washington. Marked "BUFFALO / CHINA / LUNE / LAMELLE", hand painted gilt "1732 - BI-CENTENNIAL 1932.", and scratched "1900" on base. Buffalo, New York. Circa 1932. 10 11/16" D.
Undamaged with scuffs to central portrait and some wear to interior gilding.

Provenance: From the collection of the late Phillip M. Sullivan.
Catalogue Note: The C & O began operation of their "George Washington" train in 1932 in correspondence with the bicentennial of George Washington's birth, creating a series of inaugural wares customers and for the train line. The connection of George Washington with a train line was the development of the James River Company by George Washington in 1785 and the connection of eastern and western Virginia.

Undamaged with scuffs to central portrait and some wear to interior gilding.