﻿January, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  25 
  

  

  dishes 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  small 
  platters. 
  The 
  Arms 
  of 
  Virginia 
  

   appear 
  on 
  a 
  vegetable 
  dish 
  and 
  cover, 
  also 
  on 
  a 
  washbowl 
  

   and 
  pitcher. 
  I 
  think 
  no 
  one 
  has 
  ever 
  found 
  the 
  Arms 
  of 
  

   New 
  Hampshire 
  on 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  dark 
  blue 
  ware 
  and 
  yet 
  it 
  is 
  

   hardly 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  maker 
  of 
  this 
  set 
  overlooked 
  it. 
  

   He 
  was 
  making 
  pottery 
  to 
  sell 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  market 
  and 
  

   was 
  decorating 
  it 
  with 
  designs 
  which 
  he 
  thought 
  would 
  be 
  

   popular 
  in 
  the 
  States. 
  Why, 
  then, 
  should 
  he 
  have 
  slighted 
  

   one 
  State 
  when 
  there 
  were 
  only 
  thirteen? 
  Possibly 
  he 
  was 
  

   superstitious 
  ! 
  That 
  he 
  knew 
  there 
  were 
  thirteen 
  States 
  is 
  

   attested 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  blue 
  mark 
  stamped 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  

   of 
  this 
  ware 
  has 
  for 
  a 
  background 
  thirteen 
  stars 
  and 
  the 
  

  

  includes 
  many 
  rare 
  subjects. 
  She 
  has 
  probably 
  the 
  best 
  

   known 
  specimen 
  of 
  a 
  Pennsylvania 
  Arms 
  platter. 
  It 
  is 
  per- 
  

   fect 
  in 
  every 
  particular 
  and 
  is 
  what 
  collectors 
  call 
  a 
  "proof" 
  

   piece. 
  She 
  has 
  a 
  ten-inch 
  soup 
  plate, 
  "Church 
  and 
  Buildings 
  

   in 
  Murray 
  Street"; 
  a 
  six-inch 
  "St 
  Paul's 
  Chapel," 
  New 
  

   York, 
  with 
  a 
  medallion 
  portrait 
  on 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  rare 
  little 
  

   six-inch 
  "Harvard 
  College" 
  plate. 
  Many 
  other 
  equally 
  

   choice 
  pieces 
  in 
  this 
  collection 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  mention 
  but 
  

   space 
  will 
  not 
  permit. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  R. 
  T. 
  H. 
  Halsey's 
  collection 
  of 
  American 
  Views 
  on 
  

   dark 
  blue 
  Staffordshire 
  is 
  well 
  known. 
  Nearly 
  every 
  one 
  

   who 
  is 
  interested 
  in 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  pottery 
  has 
  read 
  Mr. 
  Hal- 
  

  

  Part 
  of 
  the 
  Collection 
  of^Mr. 
  Eugene 
  Tompkins, 
  Boston, 
  Massachusetts. 
  A 
  Good 
  Example 
  of 
  Artistic 
  Grouping 
  

  

  motto 
  "E 
  Pluribus 
  Unum." 
  This 
  seems 
  to 
  contradict 
  the 
  

   supposition 
  that 
  he 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  superstitious 
  about 
  the 
  

   number 
  thirteen. 
  My 
  theory 
  is 
  that 
  this 
  piece 
  exists 
  some- 
  

   where 
  and 
  will 
  eventually 
  be 
  found. 
  It 
  may 
  have 
  decorated 
  

   some 
  uncommon 
  or 
  easily 
  broken 
  piece 
  of 
  the 
  set, 
  such, 
  for 
  

   example, 
  as 
  the 
  ladle 
  of 
  a 
  tureen. 
  This 
  set 
  of 
  twelve 
  Arms 
  

   pieces 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  difficult 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  collection 
  to 
  complete. 
  

   Eight 
  of 
  them, 
  well 
  known 
  to 
  all 
  collectors, 
  are 
  extremely 
  

   rare. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  of 
  any 
  collector 
  who 
  has 
  more 
  than 
  

   eleven. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Yates, 
  of 
  Rochester, 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  

   owner 
  of 
  a 
  fine 
  collection 
  of 
  blue 
  china 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  frequent 
  

   contributor 
  to 
  the 
  columns 
  of 
  the 
  "Old 
  China 
  Magazine" 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  that 
  periodical. 
  Her 
  collection 
  of 
  216 
  pieces 
  

  

  sey's 
  book 
  and 
  knows 
  that 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  illustrations 
  in 
  

   that 
  excellent 
  work 
  are 
  taken 
  from 
  pieces 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  col- 
  

   lection. 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  James 
  B. 
  Neal, 
  of 
  Easton, 
  Pa., 
  is 
  

   remarkable, 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  for 
  its 
  numerical 
  strength, 
  as 
  for 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  unique 
  pieces 
  which 
  it 
  contains. 
  The 
  twelve 
  

   and 
  one-half-inch 
  platter, 
  "View 
  near 
  Catskill 
  on 
  the 
  Hud- 
  

   son 
  River," 
  by 
  W. 
  G. 
  Wall, 
  Esq., 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  gems 
  of 
  

   this 
  collection. 
  So 
  also 
  is 
  the 
  fifteen-inch 
  platter, 
  "Junction 
  

   of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  River 
  and 
  the 
  Sacondaga," 
  and 
  the 
  nineteen- 
  

   inch 
  "Esplanade 
  and 
  Castle 
  Garden" 
  platter. 
  The 
  usual 
  

   size 
  of 
  an 
  "Esplanade 
  and 
  Castle 
  Garden" 
  is 
  seventeen 
  

   inches. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  I 
  know 
  of 
  which 
  measures 
  

   nineteen 
  inches. 
  Mrs. 
  Neal 
  has 
  a 
  "Dutch 
  Church 
  at 
  Al- 
  

  

  