﻿January, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  23 
  

  

  Dutch 
  Church 
  at 
  Albany, 
  Vegetable 
  Dish. 
  Medallions 
  of 
  Washington, 
  Jefferson, 
  Lafayette, 
  

  

  and 
  Clinton 
  on 
  Cover. 
  These 
  Form 
  Part 
  of 
  the 
  Collection 
  

  

  of 
  Mrs. 
  Emma 
  deF. 
  Morse 
  

  

  how 
  to 
  collect, 
  and 
  the 
  old 
  time-honored 
  method 
  of 
  learning 
  

   by 
  experience 
  is 
  what 
  every 
  collector 
  has 
  to 
  fall 
  back 
  upon. 
  

   There 
  are 
  dealers 
  by 
  the 
  scores. 
  It 
  is 
  well 
  to 
  find 
  out 
  by 
  

   careful 
  inquiry 
  which 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  reliable. 
  Some 
  have 
  been 
  

   known 
  at 
  times 
  to 
  deal 
  in 
  counterfeit 
  plates, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  honest 
  dealers 
  whose 
  word 
  can 
  be 
  trusted 
  and 
  who 
  

   can 
  be 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  help 
  to 
  young 
  collectors 
  in 
  steering 
  

   them 
  straight, 
  and 
  who 
  can 
  be 
  relied 
  upon 
  not 
  to 
  overcharge. 
  

   I 
  fear 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  wandered 
  a 
  little 
  from 
  my 
  subject, 
  for 
  it 
  

   is 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  this 
  article 
  to 
  outline 
  briefly 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   fine 
  collections 
  of 
  Old 
  Blue 
  china 
  with 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  familiar. 
  

   The 
  owners 
  of 
  these 
  collections 
  have 
  been 
  most 
  courteous 
  in 
  

   furnishing 
  me 
  with 
  whatever 
  information 
  I 
  have 
  asked 
  for. 
  

   In 
  the 
  limited 
  space 
  at 
  my 
  disposal 
  I 
  can 
  not 
  do 
  full 
  jus- 
  

   tice 
  to 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  fine 
  collections 
  I 
  may 
  mention. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  

   most 
  energetic 
  and 
  successful 
  collectors 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  decade 
  

   is 
  Mrs. 
  Emma 
  deF. 
  Morse, 
  of 
  Worcester, 
  Mass. 
  She 
  has 
  

  

  Baltimore 
  Alms 
  House 
  Sugarbowl. 
  Teapot 
  with 
  Baltimore 
  Assembly 
  Rooms 
  

  

  on 
  Base, 
  Alms 
  House 
  on 
  Neck 
  and 
  Hospital 
  on 
  Cover. 
  Baltimore 
  Masonic 
  

  

  Hall 
  Cream-pitcher. 
  Collection 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  Emma 
  deF. 
  Morse 
  

  

  accomplished 
  the 
  almost 
  impossible 
  task 
  of 
  getting 
  together 
  

   280 
  varieties 
  of 
  dark 
  blue 
  historical 
  ware. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  rari- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  this 
  collection 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  illustrations. 
  Mrs. 
  

   Morse 
  is 
  the 
  fortunate 
  possessor 
  of 
  an 
  "Albany 
  Theater" 
  

   view 
  and 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  of 
  any 
  one 
  else 
  who 
  has 
  it. 
  She 
  also 
  

   has 
  the 
  little 
  seven 
  and 
  one-half-inch 
  "Hurl 
  Gate, 
  East 
  

   River" 
  plate 
  and 
  the 
  six-inch 
  "Park 
  Theater," 
  New 
  York, 
  

   eagle 
  border 
  plate 
  — 
  both 
  of 
  them 
  exceedingly 
  rare 
  pieces. 
  

   The 
  old 
  "Capitol 
  at 
  Albany," 
  washbowl 
  and 
  pitcher, 
  is 
  with- 
  

   out 
  doubt 
  the 
  most 
  valuable 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  superb 
  collec- 
  

   tion. 
  There 
  are 
  only 
  about 
  ten 
  pieces 
  scattered 
  among 
  the 
  

   different 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  which 
  Mrs. 
  Morse 
  needs 
  

   to 
  make 
  her 
  collection 
  complete. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  hesitate 
  to 
  say 
  

   that, 
  within 
  my 
  knowledge, 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  finest 
  collection 
  of 
  

   dark 
  blue 
  Staffordshire 
  in 
  America. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Eugene 
  Tompkins, 
  of 
  Boston, 
  has 
  a 
  collection 
  re- 
  

   markable 
  for 
  its 
  completeness 
  and 
  the 
  artistic 
  way 
  it 
  is 
  hung. 
  

  

  A 
  Few 
  Dr. 
  Syntax 
  Subjects 
  in 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Alex. 
  M. 
  Hudnut 
  

   Princeton, 
  New 
  Jersey 
  

  

  Showing 
  a 
  Small 
  Part 
  of 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  James 
  B, 
  Neal 
  

   Easton, 
  Pennsylvania 
  

  

  