Plate

Object Name:

Plate

Object ID:

2010.029.08.1

Creator:

Greenwood China Company

Place of Origin:

Trenton, NJ

Date:

circa 1899

Description:

Plate, white ironstone. Circular with flat rim. Blue transfer-printed lettering in center of front: "Hampton / Casino" in ring around "E.H. A. / ST. RY. CO." Bands of blue transfer-printed flowers and scrolls around center and rim. Impressed stamp on reverse: "GREENWOOD CHINA / TRENTON, N.J."

Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware - Ironstone

Dimensions:

H-0.8 Dia-6.8 inches

Provenance:

Manufactured for use at the Hampton Casino at Hampton Beach, NH, operated by the Exeter, Hampton Amesbury Street Railway Company
from 1899 to 1927.

One of a group of objects selected from the Fogg-Rollins House in Exeter. Built during the late 18th century, this historic house site, home to six generations of the Fogg and Rollins families, was left in trust by Beatrice A. Rollins (1902-1995) to be established as a museum documenting the Fogg and Rollins families. Working with the NH Attorney General, the Fogg-Rollins trustees determined that there were neither sufficient assets nor public support for establishing a house museum, so sought to divide the property among interested museums and historical agencies in New Hampshire. The gift will include an endowment for the maintenance of the collection. The House contained the accumulation of six generations of family members, focusing on life in rural mid 19th-century Exeter. These objects selected by NHHS document early to mid 19th-century domestic life and trade as well as late 19th-century recreation and tourism.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Fogg-Rollins Charitable Trust

Subjects:

Casinos, Street railroads