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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  January, 
  1907 
  

  

  bany" 
  dish, 
  a 
  "Church 
  and 
  Adjoining 
  Buildings 
  Murray 
  

   Street" 
  soup 
  plate, 
  a 
  proof 
  "Arms 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina," 
  and 
  

   the 
  rare 
  little 
  "St. 
  Patrick's 
  Cathedral" 
  plate. 
  I 
  regret 
  the 
  

   necessity 
  of 
  leaving 
  this 
  collection 
  without 
  mentioning 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  other 
  unique 
  specimens 
  which 
  it 
  contains. 
  There 
  are 
  in 
  

   it 
  altogether 
  about 
  174 
  pieces. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  George 
  Kellogg, 
  of 
  Amsterdam, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  has 
  an 
  at- 
  

   tractive 
  collection 
  of 
  Old 
  Blue, 
  very 
  tastefully 
  hung 
  in 
  

  

  All 
  fine 
  collections 
  are 
  alike 
  up 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  point; 
  they 
  

   differ 
  in 
  the 
  rarities 
  they 
  contain, 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  their 
  

   pieces, 
  and 
  their 
  numerical 
  strength. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  H. 
  M. 
  Soper, 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  has 
  succeeded 
  in 
  getting 
  

   together, 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time, 
  a 
  truly 
  fine 
  collection. 
  She 
  has 
  all 
  

   of 
  the 
  Arms 
  pieces 
  except 
  one 
  and 
  needs 
  only 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  

   subjects 
  to 
  complete 
  her 
  Syntax 
  series. 
  Mrs. 
  Soper's 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  easily 
  ranks 
  among 
  the 
  best 
  in 
  the 
  country. 
  

  

  Hurl 
  Gate, 
  East 
  River, 
  Seven 
  and 
  One-half 
  Inch 
  Plate 
  

   by 
  Stubbs. 
  Only 
  Two 
  Are 
  in 
  Existence 
  

  

  his 
  dining-room. 
  I 
  see 
  in 
  the 
  illustration 
  a 
  "Harvest 
  Home" 
  

   platter. 
  Mr. 
  Kellogg 
  obtained 
  this 
  rare 
  piece 
  at 
  the 
  cele- 
  

   brated 
  Burritt 
  sale, 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  This 
  collection 
  is 
  strong 
  

   in 
  Arms 
  and 
  Syntax 
  pieces. 
  Outside 
  of 
  these 
  the 
  rarest 
  

   views 
  are 
  a 
  six-inch 
  "Harvard 
  College" 
  plate, 
  a 
  "Battle 
  of 
  

   Bunker 
  Hill" 
  platter, 
  a 
  "St. 
  Paul's 
  Church, 
  Boston" 
  platter, 
  

   and 
  several 
  choice 
  medallion 
  plates. 
  

  

  Our 
  illustrations 
  show 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  treasure 
  house 
  

   of 
  Mrs. 
  Marshall 
  L. 
  Hinman, 
  of 
  Dunkirk, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  The 
  

   plates 
  are 
  hung 
  with 
  mathematical 
  accuracy 
  and 
  everything 
  

   is 
  suggestive 
  of 
  order 
  and 
  symmetry. 
  This 
  collection 
  is 
  a 
  

   large 
  one 
  but 
  it 
  goes 
  beyond 
  the 
  boundaries 
  of 
  my 
  article. 
  

  

  Masonic 
  Temple, 
  Philadelphia, 
  Eight 
  Inch 
  Plate 
  by 
  

   Ridgway. 
  Very 
  Rare 
  

  

  The 
  same 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  Richard 
  

   V. 
  Lindabury, 
  of 
  Bernardsville, 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  mention 
  the 
  following 
  rare 
  pieces 
  as 
  

   characteristic 
  of 
  this 
  collection: 
  

  

  "Governor's 
  Island," 
  New 
  York, 
  ten-inch 
  soup 
  plate. 
  

  

  "New 
  York 
  Bay," 
  eight 
  and 
  one-half-inch 
  plate 
  (Stubbs). 
  

  

  "Fort 
  Gansevoort," 
  eight-inch 
  plate. 
  

  

  "Fulton 
  Market," 
  New 
  York, 
  soup 
  tureen. 
  

  

  A 
  tea 
  set 
  of 
  rare 
  Baltimore 
  views. 
  

  

  My 
  own 
  collection 
  contains 
  two 
  hundred 
  varieties, 
  all 
  of 
  

   them, 
  with 
  two 
  exceptions, 
  in 
  proof 
  condition. 
  A 
  few 
  of 
  my 
  

   favorite 
  pieces 
  are 
  : 
  

  

  Governor's 
  Island, 
  New 
  York, 
  Ten 
  Inch 
  Plate. 
  One 
  of 
  

   the 
  Most 
  Beautiful 
  and 
  Rarest 
  of 
  American 
  Views 
  

  

  It 
  includes 
  every 
  variety 
  of 
  color 
  in 
  historical 
  ware. 
  It 
  is 
  

   strong 
  in 
  English 
  views, 
  cup 
  plates, 
  luster 
  ware, 
  etc. 
  I 
  can 
  

   not 
  do 
  it 
  justice 
  in 
  the 
  brief 
  space 
  at 
  my 
  disposal. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Hinman 
  has 
  made 
  no 
  specialty 
  of 
  dark 
  blue 
  ware, 
  

   although 
  she 
  has 
  many 
  choice 
  pieces 
  in 
  her 
  collection. 
  

  

  These 
  short 
  outlines 
  of 
  collections 
  can 
  not 
  help 
  resemb- 
  

   ling 
  each 
  other 
  in 
  many 
  particulars. 
  

  

  Octagon 
  Church, 
  Boston, 
  Ten 
  and 
  One-half 
  Inch 
  Flat 
  Plate, 
  

   Open 
  Edge. 
  Very 
  Rare 
  

  

  "Brooklyn 
  Ferry," 
  platter, 
  eleven 
  and 
  one-half 
  by 
  nine 
  

   inches. 
  

  

  "Hope 
  Mill, 
  Catskill," 
  N. 
  Y., 
  tray 
  of 
  soup 
  tureen, 
  four- 
  

   teen 
  by 
  ten 
  and 
  three-fourths 
  inches. 
  

  

  A 
  seven-inch 
  plate, 
  Dr. 
  Syntax, 
  "Sketching 
  the 
  Lake" 
  — 
  

   the 
  picture 
  is 
  dark 
  blue 
  on 
  a 
  white 
  background 
  — 
  as 
  shown 
  

   in 
  head-piece 
  illustration. 
  

  

  