General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

gummed paper/ adhesive

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

61.7 cm

Width

42.2 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Tearne

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Birmingham

Context

Country

United Kingdom

State/Province

Unknown

Period

never used

Canada

The British firm Tearne and Sons manufactured this transfer, but they also produced many decals for Canadian railways.

Function

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

Technical

The Cheshire Lines Committee [railway] opened in 1865, and was operative up until the creation of the British Railways. The Cheshire Lines Committee coat of arms transfer is an illustrious example of the Victorian era's penchant for over-embellishment. The overwhelming amount of details made the decal different to produce and also different to transfer. As a result, this type of motif was rarely seen and was very expensive. This coat of arms decal 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", The person applying the decal would have spread two layers of varnish onto the image before pressing it 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.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

lettering on back reads 'T&S'

Missing

N/A

Finish

white with multicoloured coat of arms

Decoration

multicoloured coat of arms contains three crests and lettering reading 'THE CHESHIRE LINES COMMITTEE'