Vintage 1920s Hotel order Traymore Atlantic City 6-1/2" Diameter High Footed Comport or Compote Restaurant Ware By Scammell Lamberton China

Description: Vintage 1920s Hotel Traymore Atlantic City 6-1/2" Diameter High Footed Comport or Compote Restaurant Ware By Scammell Lamberton China

Condition: No chips, cracks, crazing or repairs. Wear to the overglaze transfer pattern and some stray decorating marks as shown in the pictures

Marks: Scammell's Lamberton China Made order for Hotel Traymore Gimbel Brothers

Size: 6-1/2" H x 3-5/8" H

History for the Preservationist: The Hotel Traymore was located at Illinois Avenue and Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The original hotel was really nothing more than a boarding house in 1879. Like most of the pre-casino Atlantic City resorts, the Traymore went through several incarnations. The name "Traymore" came from a loyal patron, "Uncle Al Harvey", a rich Marylander who had named his estate "Traymore" after his home town in Ireland.

In 1914 facing stiff competition the hotel underwent a massive expansion. Afterwards, the Traymore instantly became the city's architectural showpiece when it opened in June 1915. In 1924 the hotel was described as the Taj Mahal of Atlantic City, a theme used years later for a casino by that name.

Atlantic City declined in the 1960s, as did the Hotel Traymore. Inexpensive and frequent airline services to new resorts in Florida and the Caribbean led to the decline of Atlantic City as the premier ocean resort. By the early 1970s, the hotel was costing its owners large financial deficits. In May of 1972 the hotel was completely demolished. In 1974 gambling was legalized in Atlantic City, but it was too late for the Traymore. As of 2022 most of the Hotel Traymore site is a parking lot.


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