Souvenir bowl - Beach Front From Lighthouse Busselton

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IBC

c. 1920 - 1930

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Overview

Small round white bowl with gold rim. transfer on side titled " Beach front from Lighthouse Busselton" showing early Busselton Beachfront with promenade jetty and railway jetty meeting at the junction. Beach shop and tennis courts are in the forground. transfer photo taken from top of the lighthouse which was near the tennis courts and has now been demolished. This is a very early scene as the jetty is not as long as present day.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2019.120

Item type

Objects

Material

Ceramics

Width

9 cm

Height or length

5 cm

Themes

Leisure

Inscriptions and markings

Picture of crown/
IBC/
Royal Scenic China/Czechoslavakia

Keywords

Busselton -- Western Australia

Souvenir

Place made

Czechia

Year

c. 1920 - 1930

Statement of significance

Historic: The object shows the jetty when it was shorter than the present length and when it was still attached to the railway jetty.
The object is typical of the types of souvenirs that were available in seaside tourist towns, like Busselton, in the early 20th century
Aesthetic: a charming piece in its miniaturization

Public Location

27.6

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Sibling records

Souvenire Busselton - Beachfront from Lighthouse

Busselton Historical Society

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