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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  January, 
  1907 
  

  

  Part 
  of 
  the 
  Well-arranged 
  General 
  Collection 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  Marshall 
  L. 
  Hinman, 
  Dunkirk, 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  Our 
  illustration 
  shows 
  two 
  sides 
  of 
  his 
  dining-room 
  and 
  we 
  

   can 
  distinguish 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  his 
  choice 
  pieces. 
  The 
  very 
  rare 
  

   fourteen-inch 
  platter, 
  "Junction 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  River 
  and 
  

   the 
  Sacondaga," 
  shows 
  quite 
  plainly. 
  I 
  imagine 
  I 
  see 
  also 
  

   the 
  little 
  seven 
  and 
  one-half-inch 
  New 
  York 
  "Hurlgate, 
  

   East 
  River" 
  plate, 
  the 
  "New 
  York 
  Governor's 
  Island," 
  

   ten 
  and 
  one-half-inch 
  and 
  the 
  eight 
  and 
  one-half-inch 
  "New 
  

   York 
  Bay" 
  plates. 
  I 
  know 
  of 
  only 
  three 
  collectors 
  who 
  have 
  

   the 
  last 
  two 
  named 
  plates. 
  They 
  are 
  great 
  rarities. 
  Mr. 
  

   Tompkins 
  is 
  fortunate 
  in 
  owning 
  a 
  "Harvest 
  Home" 
  platter 
  

   ( 
  Dr. 
  Syntax 
  set) 
  , 
  a 
  "Pennsylvania 
  Arms" 
  platter, 
  and 
  a 
  "Con- 
  

   necticut 
  Arms" 
  gravy 
  boat. 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  far 
  easier 
  to 
  tell 
  

   what 
  he 
  has 
  not 
  got 
  than 
  to 
  

   enumerate 
  his 
  best 
  pieces. 
  

   He 
  needs 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  Arms 
  

   set, 
  three 
  Syntax 
  views, 
  and 
  

   about 
  sixteen 
  American 
  

   scenes. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  curious 
  fact, 
  

   and 
  fortunate 
  for 
  Mr. 
  

   Tompkins, 
  that 
  his 
  wants 
  in 
  

   the 
  plate 
  line 
  are 
  not 
  nearly 
  

   so 
  rare 
  as 
  his 
  possessions. 
  I 
  

   credit 
  him 
  with 
  having 
  242 
  

   varieties. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  truly 
  mar- 
  

   velous 
  collection. 
  

  

  It 
  might 
  be 
  well 
  to 
  inter- 
  

   rupt 
  these 
  sketches 
  for 
  a 
  

   moment 
  and 
  consider 
  briefly 
  

   that 
  rare 
  series 
  known 
  as 
  

   "Arms 
  of 
  the 
  States." 
  

   Twelve 
  of 
  the 
  thirteen 
  orig- 
  

   inal 
  States 
  are 
  commem- 
  

   orated 
  by 
  having 
  their 
  

   Arms 
  or 
  State 
  seals 
  repro- 
  

   duced 
  on 
  a 
  set 
  of 
  dark 
  blue 
  

   Staffordshire. 
  The 
  maker 
  

   was 
  T. 
  Mayer, 
  supposed 
  to 
  

   be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  firm 
  of 
  Mayer 
  

   Brothers, 
  who 
  purchased 
  

   the 
  pottery 
  of 
  Joseph 
  

   Stubbs 
  in 
  1829. 
  

  

  This 
  decoration 
  appeared 
  

   on 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  pieces 
  of 
  a 
  

   dinner 
  set, 
  also 
  on 
  a 
  few 
  

   washbowls 
  and 
  pitchers. 
  

   The 
  easiest 
  ones 
  to 
  get 
  are 
  

   the 
  Arms 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  

   Rhode 
  Island, 
  and 
  South 
  

   Carolina, 
  which 
  generally 
  

   come 
  on 
  dinner 
  or 
  tea 
  

   plates. 
  

  

  The 
  platters 
  of 
  a 
  china 
  

   set 
  are 
  far 
  less 
  numerous 
  

   than 
  the 
  plates, 
  so 
  the 
  rarer 
  

   Arms 
  views 
  appear 
  on 
  plat- 
  

   ters 
  and 
  the 
  irregular 
  pieces 
  

   of 
  the 
  set. 
  

  

  The 
  Arms 
  of 
  Pennsyl- 
  

   vania 
  come 
  only 
  on 
  a 
  twen- 
  

   ty-one-inch 
  turkey 
  platter 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  possible 
  that 
  

   there 
  was 
  only 
  one 
  made 
  

   with 
  each 
  dinner 
  set. 
  The 
  

   Arms 
  of 
  Maryland 
  appear 
  

   on 
  a 
  washbowl 
  and 
  pitcher. 
  

   The 
  writer 
  has 
  a 
  good 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  of 
  it 
  in 
  very 
  dark 
  blue. 
  

   Mrs. 
  Morse 
  has 
  an 
  unusual 
  

   Maryland 
  Arms 
  piece. 
  It 
  

   is 
  a 
  shallow 
  pudding 
  dish, 
  

   eleven 
  and 
  one-half 
  inches 
  across 
  and 
  three 
  inches 
  deep. 
  

  

  The 
  Arms 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  Georgia, 
  Delaware, 
  and 
  North 
  

   Carolina 
  occur 
  on 
  platters. 
  Connecticut 
  has 
  the 
  distinction 
  

   of 
  being 
  represented 
  on 
  a 
  gravy 
  boat, 
  its 
  cover, 
  and 
  the 
  tray 
  

   which 
  goes 
  with 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  said, 
  also, 
  to 
  come 
  on 
  a 
  pitcher, 
  

   although 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  it. 
  I 
  know 
  four 
  collectors 
  who 
  

   have 
  this 
  scarce 
  Arms 
  piece. 
  Two 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  gravy 
  

   boats 
  with 
  the 
  covers 
  (without 
  the 
  trays), 
  and 
  two 
  others 
  

   are 
  happy 
  possessors 
  of 
  the 
  trays. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  under 
  

   some 
  former 
  ownership 
  these 
  gravy 
  boats 
  and 
  trays 
  were 
  

   in 
  a 
  united 
  state. 
  

  

  The 
  Massachusetts 
  Arms 
  view 
  occurs 
  on 
  small 
  vegetable 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Syntax 
  Harvest 
  Home 
  Platter 
  and 
  Other 
  Rare 
  Pieces 
  in 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Kellogg, 
  Amsterdam, 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  