Nameplate

Object number
93.9.1
Date
before 1888
Description
Brass nameplate fragment with part of the name "Bristol" cut stencil style through the plate. The "Bristol", a steamer in the Fall River Line, burned in Newport Harbor in 1888. This plate is damaged, partially melted, and has lost most of its right half as a consequence.
Materials
brass
Subjects
Bristol (Steamship)
Fall River Line
Steamboats