Attributed to Bing — British-Market Gauge 1 Lithographed Rai...
Attributed to Bing — British-Market Gauge 1 Lithographed Railway Station, for the British market, a large Gauge 1 lithographed railway station with period advertising, circa 1910–25, of pressed and lithographed tinplate construction, the station arranged upon a long raised platform finished in pale blue-green, with sloping ramp to one end and printed railings to either side, station building comprises two substantial two-storey gabled wings with pitched roofs and chimney stacks, joined by a central single-storey booking or waiting area beneath a projecting platform canopy supported on slender columns, walls are lithographed to simulate buff brickwork, windows, doors and architectural detail, while the platform and building elevations are decorated with an extensive assortment of contemporary commercial advertisements, including OXO, Lipton's Tea, Van Houten's Cocoa, Zebra Grate Polish, Wright's Coal Tar Soap, Bovril, Bird's Custard, Epps's Cocoa, Kodak, Colman's Starch, Emu Brand Australian Wines and Yost Typewriter, amongst others, reverse of the building carries further lithographed advertisements and architectural treatment, making the station intended for viewing from both sides when incorporated within a large floor railway layout, approximately 150 mm high, 550 mm long,125 mm wide.* Literature: The substantial dimensions and architectural scale indicate that the station was intended primarily for Gauge 1 railway use, although such accessories were not always catalogued exclusively by track gauge.
[ translate ]Attributed to Bing — British-Market Gauge 1 Lithographed Railway Station, for the British market, a large Gauge 1 lithographed railway station with period advertising, circa 1910–25, of pressed and lithographed tinplate construction, the station arranged upon a long raised platform finished in pale blue-green, with sloping ramp to one end and printed railings to either side, station building comprises two substantial two-storey gabled wings with pitched roofs and chimney stacks, joined by a central single-storey booking or waiting area beneath a projecting platform canopy supported on slender columns, walls are lithographed to simulate buff brickwork, windows, doors and architectural detail, while the platform and building elevations are decorated with an extensive assortment of contemporary commercial advertisements, including OXO, Lipton's Tea, Van Houten's Cocoa, Zebra Grate Polish, Wright's Coal Tar Soap, Bovril, Bird's Custard, Epps's Cocoa, Kodak, Colman's Starch, Emu Brand Australian Wines and Yost Typewriter, amongst others, reverse of the building carries further lithographed advertisements and architectural treatment, making the station intended for viewing from both sides when incorporated within a large floor railway layout, approximately 150 mm high, 550 mm long,125 mm wide.* Literature: The substantial dimensions and architectural scale indicate that the station was intended primarily for Gauge 1 railway use, although such accessories were not always catalogued exclusively by track gauge.
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