- Title:
- Gooch centrepiece, 1872
- Object name(s):
- centrepiece; centrepiece
- Brief description:
- Centrepiece, silver, commissioned and purchased by Sir Daniel Gooch, 1872, engraved with the arms of the Gooch family and of the Great Western Railway Company. At the top is a figure of a woman, representing the Arts, at the base are three seated figures; Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Joseph Locke and George Stephenson. Design also features one of Gooch's Great Western Railway locomotives, a railway viaduct, and a scene showing the laying of a transatlantic cable.
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated concept:
- centrepiece
- Associated concept:
- Using the Railway
- Associated concept:
- miscellanea and curiosities
- Associated person:
- Great Western Railway
- Person's association:
- association
- Associated person:
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Associated person:
- Joseph Locke
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Associated person:
- George Stephenson
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Credit line:
- British Railways Board
- Material:
- silver (metal)
- Object name:
- centrepiece; centrepiece
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1872
- Date - latest:
- 1872
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1872
- Date - latest:
- 1872
- Object production person:
- Hunt and Roskell; Gooch, Sir Daniel
- Object production place:
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 1996-7183/1
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Responsible department/section:
- NRM - Miscellanea & Curiosities
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a22e7763-ed12-3e36-8052-1c96760ba452
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a22e7763-ed12-3e36-8052-1c96760ba452, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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