UNWIN'S "CHATS" SERIES 



candelabra, tea-caddies, sugar-baskets, salt-cellars, tea- 

 pots, coffee-pots, salvers, spoons, and many other articles 

 shown and described in the volume indicate the exquisite 

 craftsmanship of the best period. The work stands as a 

 companion volume to the author's " Chats on Old Silver," 

 the standard practical guide to old English silver collecting. 



Bye Paths in Curio Collecting. By ARTHUR HAYDEN, 

 Author of " Chats on Old Silver," etc. With a frontis- 

 piece and 72 full-page Illustrations. Cloth, 

 21s. net. Second Impression. 

 " Every collector knows the name of Mr. Arthur Hay den, and knows 

 him for a wise counsellor. Upon old furniture, old china, old pottery, 

 and old prints there is no more knowing judge in the country ; and 

 in his latest volume he supplies a notable need, in the shape of a vade- 

 mecum exploring some of the nondescript and little traversed bye- 

 paths of the collector. There was never a time when the amateur 

 of the antique stood more in need of a competent guide. . . . 

 The man who wishes to avoid the pitfalls of the fraudulent will 

 find much salutary advice in Mr. Hayden's gossipy pages. 

 There are chests, for example, a fruitful field for reproduction. 

 Mr. Hayden gives photographs of many exquisite examples. There 

 is a marriage coffer of the sixteenth century, decorated with carved 

 figures of Cupid and Hymen, a fine Gothic chest of the fifteenth cen- 

 tury, with rich foliated decorations ; and a superb livery cupboard 

 from Haddon Hall. From Flanders come steel coffers, with a lock 

 of four bolts, the heavy sides strongly braized together. Then there 

 are snuffers, with and without trays, tinder-boxes, snuff graters, and 

 metal tobacco stoppers. The most fascinating designs are shown, 

 with squirrels, dogs, and quaint human figures at the summit. Fans 

 and playing-cards provide another attractive section. 



Chicken-skin, delicate, white, 



Painted by Carlo van Loo. 



The fan has always been an object of the collector's passion, because 

 of the grace of the article and its beauty as a display. Mr. Hayden 

 shows a particularly beautiful one, with designs after Fragonard, 

 the sticks of ivory with jewelled studs. Then there are watch-stands, 

 a little baroque in design, and table-bells, some of them shaped as 

 female figures with spreading skirts, old toys and picture-books, and, 

 of course, cradles, of which every English farm-house once boasted 

 its local variety. Altogether the book abounds in inviting pictures 

 and curious information, and is certain of a large, appreciative 

 public." Daily Telegraph. 



The Fan Book : Including Special Chapters on European 

 Fans of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. By 

 MAC!VER PERCIVAL, author of " Chats on Old Jewellery and 

 Trinkets." Fully Illustrated. Demy 8 vo, cloth, 21s. net. 



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