Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2018.050.001 |
Object Name |
Cup, Demitasse |
Other Name |
Souvenir, Grey County |
Title |
King's Royal Hotel Souvenir Cup |
Year Range from |
1902 |
Year Range to |
1915 |
Made |
Germany |
Place of Origin |
Germany/Balmy Beach, Township of Georgian Bluffs, Grey County |
Description |
A King's Royal Hotel transfer-printed souvenir four-footed china cup. It has a blueish iridescent glaze on white. It was made in Germany, and sold as a souvenir of the King's Royal Hotel at Balmy Beach, near Owen Sound. It shows a frontal view of the King's Royal Hotel hotel, with some trees. The curving caption identifying the locale is on a white area below: "KING'S ROYAL HOTEL BALMY BEACH NEAR OWEN SOUND / ONT. CANADA." There is a pattern of raised moulded bumps that form a margin. They, the rim, and the angular handle were painted gold. |
Makers mark |
Underside of the cup has a two circle transfer print mark, with MADE IN GERMANY curved inside the two circles. |
Provenance |
Custom-ordered by the King's Royal Hotel at Balmy Beach, Sarawak Township, Grey County. Manufactured in Germany. Unknown first owner. The hotel opened in 1902, and closed in 1915 (the building was torn down in 1916). The item next belonged to Gwen Barry's sister, Sadie Elizabeth Weaver (née Carmichael, wife of Charles Weaver). Gwen and Sadie are from the John Henry Carmichael family of Sydenham Township, Grey County. Their mother was Elizabeth Ellen Carmichael (née Watson). |
Collection |
Household Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Ceramic/China/Glaze/Transfer Print/Paint |
Dimensions |
H-6.5 W-8 D-6.3 cm |
Found |
Williamsford, Township of Chatsworth, Grey County |
People |
Barry, Gwendoth (Gwen) McLauchlan, John H. McLauchlan, Joseph Kent Carmichael, Elizabeth Ellen (Lizzie) |
Subjects |
Hotels Souvenirs Tourists |
Search Terms |
King's Royal Hotel Balmy Beach |
Function |
A diminuitive souvenir china cup, intended to be a bric-a-brac item. It was a souvenir of the King's Royal Hotel at Balmy Beach, northwest of Owen Sound. |