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Figure 1 Souvenir postcard, United States, 1906. Cardstock. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2". (Unless otherwise indicated, all objects in author’s collection and all photos by Gavin Ashworth.) Stylized map of the exposition site, Virginia Capes, Jamestown Island, etc. in which the head and headdress of Pocahontas conform to the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Note the unusual orientation, with west at the top.
Figure 2 Back page of trifold Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition promotional pamphlet, United States, 1906. Paper. 9 1/2x 12". Less attractive but more functional than the image illustrated in fig. 1, this map provides considerably more detail, including the locations of Fort Monroe and the site of the legendary Monitor-Merrimack engagement as well as railroad and steamship routes.
Figure 3 Dinner plate, StaVordshire, England, ca. 1907. Whiteware. D. 10 1/8". Transfer-printed souvenir plate with central motif of bird’s-eye view of the government piers at the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition surrounded by cartouches of St. Paul’s Church in Norfolk, Cape Henry lighthouses, the church tower at Jamestown, Fort Monroe, and the U.S. Naval Hospital in Portsmouth.
Figure 4 Miniature brick, United States, ca. 1907. Earthenware. L. 2". Marks: impressed on front, “made of / jamestown / soil va. 1907”; impressed on back, “1607 / souvenir / 1907.”
Figure 5 Globular vase, pitcher, and plate, United States or England, ca. 1907. Porcelain. D. of plate 7 1/2".
Figure 6 (Left to right) Pipe bowl with reed stem, probably United States, 1906, earthenware. Toothpick holder, probably United States, ca. 1907, porcelain. Miniature stein with pewter lid, Germany, ca. 1907, stoneware, H. 3 1/4".
Figure 7 Dessert plate, A. C. Bosselman Company, New York, ca. 1907. Porcelain. D. 6 1/2".
Figure 8 Beaker, A. C. Bosselman
Company, New York, ca. 1907. Porcelain. H. 3 3/4". Pepper shaker, United States, ca. 1907. Porcelain. H. 3 1/8".
Figure 9 Stereoview picture of the Martin Gillette and Company’s exhibit at the Jamestown Expo’s Pure Food and Drug Building, with caption boasting “The biggest tea-pot on earth, holding a million cups,—Pure Food Exhibit, Jamestown, Va.” (Courtesy of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum.)
Figure 10 The Pottery Building at the Jamestown Exposition, reproduced in Glimpses of the Jamestown Exposition and Picturesque Virginia (Chicago: Laird and Lee, 1907), unpaginated.
Figure 11 Pair of dinner plates, StaVordshire, England, ca. 1907. Whiteware. D. 10".
Figure 12 Pair of dessert plates, StaVordshire, England, 1906. Whiteware. D. 6".
Figure 13 Dessert plate, probably England, ca. 1907. Porcelain. D. 7 1/2". Note the similarity of the border decoration to that of the plate illustrated in fig. 5.
Figure 14 Saucer, probably England, ca. 1907. Porcelain. D. 6".
Figure 15 “Night illumination” of the Administration Building. Photo, reproduced from Illustrated Souvenir of the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition (Norfolk, Va.: Seaboard Publishing
Company, 1907), unpaginated.
Figure 17 Plate, Royal StaVordshire Pottery, Burslem, England, ca. 1907. Whiteware. D. 10". This transfer-printed souvenir plate has a central motif of the Virginia Building surrounded by oblong cartouches depicting Virginia historic mansions.
Figure 19 Dessert plates, StaVordshire, England, ca. 1907. Whiteware. D. 6 1/2". The central motif on these plates is the seal for the State of Virginia.
Figure 20 Print, United States, 1874. Paper. 23 3/4 x 29 1/2". By H. Schile of New York after a painting by Edward Henry Corbould.
Figure 21 Plate, Coshocton, Ohio, 1905. Tin. D. 10". The plate probably was made by either J. F. Meeks Tuscarora Advertising Company or H. D. Beach’s Standard Advertising Company.
Figure 22 Pair of plates, Rowland and Marsellus Company, StaVordshire, England, 1906. Whiteware. D. 10". One plate has a transfer-printed portrait of Pocahontas as the central motif, the other has John Smith, both with surrounding cartouches. The legend of the Pocahontas plate includes both her given name, Matoaka, and the one she received after baptism, “Rebecka” or Rebecca. Produced for the S. T. Hanger Company of Portsmouth, Virginia.
Figure 23 Pair of bud vases, United States, ca. 1907. Bisque porcelain. H. 4 7/8". Figural bud vases of John Smith in both unpainted and cold-painted enameled states.
Figure 24 A Pocahontas bud vase. (Photo, courtesy Hampton Roads Naval Museum.)
Figure 25 The Persimmon or John Smith Plate, Edwin Bennett Pottery, Baltimore, Maryland, 1906. Whiteware. D. 9 1/2". (Courtesy, Collection of Ken Beem; photo, Ken Beem.)
Figure 26 Pipe bowl, United States, ca. 1907. Unglazed earthenware. H. 2 1/4". This pipe bowl has been molded in the image of Chief Powhatan.
Figure 27 Stereoview card, United States, ca. 1907. Photo mounted on cardboard, 3 1/2 x 7".
Figure 28 Stereoview card, United States, ca. 1907. Photo mounted on cardboard, 3 1/2 x 7".
Figure 29 Dessert plate and mug, A. C. Bosselman Company, New York, ca. 1907. Porcelain (plate) and earthenware (mug). D. of plate 6 1/2".
Figure 30 Dessert plate, United States, 1907. Whiteware. D. 7 3/4". Transfer-printed image of the marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe, after an 1855 oil painting by Henry Brueckner.
Figure 31 Postcard, “Marriage of Pocahantas,” United States, 1907. Cardstock. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2".
Figure 32 Watch fob, United States, ca. 1907. Silver. 1 1/2 x 1 5/8".
Figure 33 Postcard depicting “The Handclasp of Centuries,” United States, 1907. Cardstock. 3 1/2x 5 1/2".
Figure 34 Dioramas, probably United States, ca. 1907. Shell and bisque. H. of larger diorama 6 1/4".
Figure 35 Figure, probably United States, ca. 1907. Gilt base metal. H. 3 3/4".
Figure 36 Figure, United States or Germany, ca. 1907. Bisque porcelain. H. 4 1/8". Press-molded, inscribed in ink: “1607 May – A – Dec - 1907 / Jamestown Squatter.”
Figure 37 Detail of the inscription on the base of the figure illustrated in fig. 36.
Figure 38 Postcard, United States, 1907. Cardstock, bisque, and cotton. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2". (Collection of Sally Carver; photo, Sally Carver.) Label: “Coons and Cotton / Two Products / from / Old Virginia / jamestown exposition / 1907.”
Figure 39 Miniature crock, urn, and jug, United States, ca. 1907. Red-glazed and enameled-painted earthenware. H. of crock 3 1/4".
Figure 40 Cup and tray, Germany, ca. 1907. Porcelain. H. of cup 3".
Figure 41 Trifold postcard, Raphael Tuck & Sons, England, ca. 1907. Cardstock. 3 1/2 x 16 1/2". Entitled “Shore Promenade,” this postcard depicts a beautifully romanticized view of the fair, one that contrasts the genteel women in their late Victorian finery on one side with modern warships and steam yachts on the other.
Figure 42 Shoe, America or Europe, ca. 1907. Porcelain with gilt accents. H. 2 1/2".
Figure 43 Figurines, Germany, ca. 1907. Porcelain. H. of tallest 3". Three piglets: one next to a bucket, another in a bag with a coin slot on top, and the third in a basket. The first two are labeled “Souvenir of Jamestown Exposition 1907,” the third simply “Jamestown Exposition 1907”; all with “Made in Germany” base stamp.
Figure 44 Montage, possibly United States, ca. 1907. Bisque and shell. H. 3 1/2". Labeled “Souvenir Jamestown Exposition 1607–1907.” H. of bisque figure 2 1/8". Ring holder, Germany, ca. 1907. Porcelain and shells. H. 1 7/8". Labeled “Jamestown Exposition / 1907 / Made in Germany.”
Figure 45 Figural box, United States or Germany, ca. 1907. Porcelain. L. 4 1/4", H. 2Q÷@". Hand-inscribed in ink, “1607 Jamestown Exposition 1907.”
Figure 46 Plaque, United States, ca. 1907. Bronze. 2 3/8 x 3 1/8". (Courtesy, Collection of Dan Carr; photo, Dan Carr.) Obverse of plaque commemorating the departure of the Great White Fleet from Hampton Roads barely two weeks after the closing of the Jamestown exposition. Designed by U.S. Mint sculptor Charles Barber. A profile bust of Theodore Roosevelt, designed by U.S. Mint sculptor George Morgan, is depicted on the reverse.
Figure 47 Unable to attend the Jamestown Festival of 1957 himself, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent Vice President Richard M. Nixon in his stead. In a photo oddly reminiscent of “The Handclasp of Centuries” (see fig. 33), Nixon poses with the costumed actor portraying John Smith (illustrated in 350th Anniversary, p. 27).
Figure 48 Plate, Conrad Crafters Wheeling, Inc., West Virginia, 1955. Whiteware. D. 10". This example is dated “Dec. 2, 1955” and features a design taken from the 1907 Vienna Art Plate. Similar plates were produced by the Homer Laughlin Company.
Figure 49 Dessert plate, Colonial China Company, South Hill, Virginia. Jamestown Souvenirs Newport News, Virginia, 1956. Whiteware. D. 7 1/2".
Figure 50 Ashtray, Colonial China
Company. South Hill, Virginia, 1955. Whiteware. D. 5 1/2". Virginia copyright 1955 also featuring 1907 Vienna Art Plate design.
Figure 51 Ashtray, United States, ca. 1957. Whiteware. D. 6 1/8". Unmarked on the base but with attached sticker from the Williamsburg Pottery, a long-standing discount shopping mecca for area locals and tourists in Lightfoot, Virginia.
Figure 52 Tile, Germany, ca. 1957.
Earthenware. 6 1/2" square. Mark: on back, “Made in Germany Danischburg”
Figure 53 Dessert plate, Adams,
England, ca. 1957. Whiteware. D. 6 3/4". Produced for the APVA on the “350th Anniversary of the Founding of the Nation, 1607–1957.” The plate was also produced in blue.
Figure 54 Dinner plate, Conrad Crafters Wheeling, Inc., West Virginia, ca. 1957. Whiteware. D. 9 5/16". The plate was also produced with brown and black transfer prints.
Figure 55 Dish, Gray’s Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent, England, ca. 1957. Whiteware. D. 5 5/8".
Figure 56 Dinner plate, Royal China Inc., Sebring, Ohio, ca. 1957. Whiteware. D. 9 7/8". The plate bears a transfer print of “Fort James” (James Fort) and a moored vessel surrounded by an English ivy border.
Figure 57 Cup and saucer, Adams,
England, ca. 1957. Whiteware. D. of saucer 4 7/8". This dainty cup and saucer are perhaps unique among the 1957 ceramic souvenirs in incorporating all the popular images—church tower, Smith and Pocahontas, expedition ships, James Fort—and the Blair tomb on Jamestown Island to boot. Printed on the other side of the cup is an image of James Fort.
Figure 58 Figurine, American, 1957. Bisque porcelain. H. 2 5/8". Marks: inscribed on rim, “colonial glass blower”; base sticker, “A Sebastian miniature designed by Prescott W. Baston Marblehead Mass.” and “copr 1957 P. W. Baston” impressed on back. Baston and his colleagues visited the festival park in 1957 and struck a deal with the gift shop to produce a series of four miniatures that also included the church, the fort, and the three ships.
Figure 59 Plates and mug, United States, 2007. Whiteware and porcelain. D. of largest plate 10 1/2". Ceramics from Jamestown 2007 generally represent slight stylistic variations of earlier motifs: the church tower; portraits of Pocahontas and John Smith; the expedition ships; and the 1907 Vienna Art Plate. The design of the fort plate (upper left), taken from a tracing of a 1608 John Smith map of Virginia sent to Philip III of Spain by his ambassador Pedro de Zuñiga, embodies one of the few innovations. Note that the version of the rescue scene on the 2007 plate (center) is essentially the same as the one employed on the 1957 German tile (see fig. 52). The mug displays the tri-sail logo of the 2007 celebration.