Authentic Toy China Tea Set - Hampton Beach NH Made in Japan

- Toy China set - Hampton Beach NH - 1950s - Made in Japan Souvenir china was popular at the turn of the 20th century. With advances in transportation, people traveled more, and souvenir china provided a way for them to remember where they'd visited. It was also a time when people felt strongly about their communities, and souvenir china depicted places people took pride in. It was a time when people were collecting knick-knacks and displaying them in china cabinets and on plate rails. Photography had developed, so pictures were available for the basis of the designs and engravings. The Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 really kicked off the souvenir china craze. http://www.hamptonhistoricalsociety.org/souvenir_china/index.htm