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Top left
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China, left to right:
- Four Cobalt Blue pieces, all very delicate and beautifully detailed. The three on the stands (left; middle; right;) have an identical view of the "new" Hampton boardwalk and streetlights and the pitcher on the right shows the Casino and bandstand.
- Two Rectangular Dishes (top; bottom) have the same views as the two vases in Display Case 1 – views of Hampton Beach from Great Boars Head looking south.
Top middle
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China, left to right:
- Three full-color plates of Hampton Beach:
- Left - bandstand/stage/police station
- Middle - Casino with trolley in front
- Right - Hampton River Bridge with the toll sign. The bridge was the longest wooden bridge in the world - a few feet short of a mile long.
Top right
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China, left to right:
From Wreck to Restaurant
Disasters seem to attract people, and many were recorded on souvenir china – particularly shipwrecks.
The Glendon, a three-mast schooner, washed ashore in January 1896, south of Boar’s Head.
For a time, people paid admission to board the relatively intact, beached schooner.
Then the ship became a restaurant. Patrons enjoyed chowders and saltwater taffy in the hull.
The wreck of the Glendon weathered winds, tides and storms, and finally was destroyed.
Bottom Left
The china piece is a red and silver glass mug.
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The sign says:
Imports of German Souvenir China Fade with World War I
In the 1880s, America's demand for souvenir china was insatiable. Having the natural resources, productive capacity and skilled artisans, Germany met the demand with distinctive, high quality items.
German souvenir china dominated the American market dirough the 1890s and into the early part of the 20th century.
Then World War I broke out, Germany set up blockades, and German souvenir china no longer reached the United States.
Between the world wars, a lesser supply of German souvenir china was available in America, but with the onset of World War II, the era of German souvenir china ended.
Bottom Center Left
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China:
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The clear stairs have a variety of sizes and shapes of small vessels and pitchers
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2;
3;
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5)
with lots of gold trim. The leaf shaped dish (3) at the top is extremely rare.
- The larger bowl with pink rim to the right of the stairs shows a picture of Great Boars Head looking north from rocks at Hampton Beach. The smaller cut-out dish with pink rim shows the rocks at Church Street looking south to the Casino.
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The two pink bowls - left; right - in front of the stairs have the same view on different styles bases. The design shows the outcrop of rocks at the end of today’s Church Street looking towards Great Boars Head.
Bottom Center Right
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China:
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This second set of clear stairs has additional white and gold china
(1, view1;
1, view2;
2;
3;
4;
5).
The china slipper (1) is an unusual shape, as is the "Surf and Sand" sugar bowl (3).
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The larger pink bowl in front of the stairs has the same view as the 2 smaller bowls to the left (above). The design shows the outcrop of rocks at the end of today’s Church Street looking towards Great Boars Head.
Bottom Right
The china piece is a green and gold glass mug
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The sign describes the china in the
top right shelf (above), concerning the Glendon shipwreck. It says:
From Wreck to Restaurant
Disasters seem to attract people, and many were recorded on souvenir china – particularly shipwrecks.
The Glendon, a three-mast schooner, washed ashore in January 1896, south of Boar’s Head.
For a time, people paid admission to board the relatively intact, beached schooner.
Then the ship became a restaurant. Patrons enjoyed chowders and saltwater taffy in the hull.
The wreck of the Glendon weathered winds, tides and storms, and finally was destroyed.
