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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  January, 
  1907 
  

  

  Gravy 
  Tureen. 
  Fulton 
  Market 
  on 
  Tureen, 
  Columbia 
  College 
  on 
  Base. 
  View 
  on 
  

  

  Cover 
  Not 
  Identified 
  (the 
  Specimen 
  Is 
  Included). 
  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  

  

  of 
  Mrs. 
  Emma 
  deF. 
  Morse 
  

  

  Albany 
  Theater 
  Vegetable 
  Dish, 
  Four 
  Medallion 
  

   Portraits 
  on 
  Cover. 
  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  

   Mrs. 
  Emma 
  deF. 
  Morse 
  

  

  of 
  grouping 
  is 
  more 
  technical 
  and 
  would 
  possibly 
  appeal 
  to 
  

   connoisseurs, 
  but 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  people 
  who 
  see 
  a 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  Old 
  Blue 
  hanging 
  on 
  the 
  wall 
  are 
  not 
  well 
  informed 
  

   on 
  the 
  subject, 
  and 
  the 
  arrangement 
  according 
  to 
  localities 
  

   appeals 
  to 
  the 
  eye 
  and 
  seems 
  to 
  meet 
  with 
  more 
  general 
  ap- 
  

   preciation. 
  Some 
  prefer 
  to 
  display 
  their 
  collections 
  in 
  cab- 
  

   inets 
  enclosed 
  in 
  glass. 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  excellent 
  way 
  in 
  cases 
  

   where 
  a 
  dining-room 
  is 
  dark 
  and 
  where 
  plates 
  and 
  platters 
  

   would 
  not 
  show 
  to 
  good 
  advantage 
  on 
  the 
  walls. 
  The 
  very 
  

   fine 
  collection 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  H. 
  M. 
  Soper, 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  is 
  dis- 
  

   played 
  in 
  this 
  way, 
  and 
  so 
  arranged 
  that 
  small 
  electric 
  lights 
  

   on 
  the 
  inside 
  of 
  the 
  cabinets 
  can 
  be 
  turned 
  on 
  and 
  reflectors 
  

   throw 
  the 
  light 
  directly 
  on 
  the 
  china, 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  shad- 
  

   ing 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  eye 
  of 
  the 
  observer. 
  

  

  A 
  good 
  deal 
  might 
  well 
  be 
  said 
  about 
  how 
  to 
  collect 
  Old 
  

   Blue 
  china, 
  but 
  this 
  article 
  is 
  not 
  intended 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  elemen- 
  

   tary 
  treatise 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  china 
  collecting. 
  I 
  wish 
  some 
  

  

  one 
  would 
  take 
  up 
  this 
  subject 
  and 
  write 
  a 
  book 
  about 
  it. 
  

   The 
  young 
  collector 
  is 
  like 
  a 
  baby 
  learning 
  to 
  walk. 
  He 
  

   falls 
  down 
  many 
  times 
  and 
  his 
  steps 
  need 
  guiding. 
  Some 
  

   admirable 
  books 
  have 
  been 
  written 
  dealing 
  with 
  blue 
  Staf- 
  

   fordshire 
  from 
  various 
  points 
  of 
  view, 
  and 
  each 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  

   works 
  presents 
  to 
  the 
  collector 
  a 
  fund 
  of 
  information 
  which 
  

   it 
  has 
  taken 
  time 
  and 
  pains 
  to 
  get 
  together, 
  but 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  

   tell 
  him 
  how 
  to 
  collect. 
  By 
  far 
  the 
  best 
  work 
  I 
  have 
  read 
  

   relative 
  to 
  American 
  views 
  on 
  blue 
  Staffordshire 
  is 
  the 
  well- 
  

   known 
  volume 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  T. 
  H. 
  Halsey, 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

   This 
  book 
  with 
  its 
  careful 
  descriptions, 
  its 
  accurate 
  historical 
  

   references, 
  and 
  its 
  magnificent 
  illustrations 
  is 
  a 
  necessity 
  to 
  a 
  

   collector. 
  Mr. 
  Barber 
  in 
  his 
  admirable 
  work 
  gives 
  classi- 
  

   fied 
  lists 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  pieces 
  which 
  he 
  knows 
  about, 
  and 
  

   there 
  are 
  other 
  books 
  which 
  might 
  be 
  mentioned, 
  but 
  after 
  

   all, 
  I 
  come 
  back 
  to 
  my 
  original 
  statement 
  which 
  is 
  that 
  noth- 
  

   ing 
  has 
  been 
  written 
  on 
  this 
  subject 
  which 
  tells 
  a 
  collector 
  

  

  Group 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  Views 
  in 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Alex. 
  M. 
  Hudnut 
  

   Princeton, 
  New 
  Jersey 
  

  

  Some 
  Boston 
  Pieces 
  and 
  Miscellaneous 
  Views 
  in 
  Collection 
  of 
  

   Alex. 
  M. 
  Hudnut 
  

  

  