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Postcard 1902-04 King's Guard Chamber Hampton Court Palace UK Crofton Series
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Pre-linen · 1902

Postcard 1902-04 King's Guard Chamber Hampton Court Palace UK Crofton Series

Hampton Court, Surrey, England1902Pre-linenGood

Rows upon rows of muskets, pistols, and pikes radiate from the walls of the King's Guard Chamber at Hampton Court Palace in this strikingly geometric Edwardian postcard — the famous martial decorations arranged by William III's gunsmith Harris into sunbursts, chevrons, and great circular wheel patterns that have dazzled visitors since the 1690s. Gilt-framed royal portraits peer down from between the weapon displays, while an elegant glass chandelier hangs at center and a wooden rail separates the visitor corridor from the historic floor. Published in the Crofton Series by Crofton Publishing Co., Brockley, S.E. (London), and printed in England, the undivided back with the notation "This space may be used for communication in the United Kingdom only" firmly places this card in the pre-1902 to circa-1904 transitional period of British postcard regulation — a detail that makes it especially interesting to deltiology historians. Hampton Court, the Tudor palace of Henry VIII on the Thames, was opened to the public by Queen Victoria in 1838, and the Guard Chamber's weaponry display — approximately 3,000 pieces — remains one of its most photographed interiors.

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PC-01547 · Crofton Publishing Co., Brockley, S.E., London
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