- Title:
- Plaque for Gooch Centrepiece
- Object name(s):
- plaque; plaque
- Brief description:
- Plaque for the centrepiece commissioned and purchased by Sir Daniel Gooch. Inscription reads, "Presented to Alex Howden & Co Ltd by the Great Western Railway Company December 1946. The three figures represent Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Robert Stephenson and Joseph Locke, eminent railway engineers of the early 19th century".
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated concept:
- plaque
- 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:
- wood (unidentified)
- Material:
- silver (metal)
- Object name:
- plaque; plaque
- Other number:
- 1996-7183/2
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Responsible department/section:
- NRM - Miscellanea & Curiosities
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cc7d173f-bab5-340c-afaf-730f622521ca
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cc7d173f-bab5-340c-afaf-730f622521ca, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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