﻿May, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

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  5 
  — 
  Punch 
  Bowl 
  with 
  Schooner 
  Flying 
  the 
  English 
  Flag 
  

  

  the 
  Boston 
  "New's 
  Letter" 
  in 
  17 
  12, 
  and 
  milliners, 
  apothe- 
  

   caries, 
  snuff 
  and 
  drygoods 
  shops 
  all 
  kept 
  it. 
  Its 
  use 
  spread 
  

   slowly 
  as 
  the 
  price 
  was 
  excessive, 
  for 
  in 
  172 
  1 
  the 
  price 
  was 
  

   twenty-five 
  shillings 
  a 
  pound. 
  By 
  1745 
  it 
  was 
  thirty-five 
  

   shillings, 
  but 
  even 
  so 
  the 
  importation 
  was 
  immense, 
  rising 
  in 
  

   1763 
  to 
  a 
  million 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  pounds. 
  By 
  177 
  1 
  it 
  had 
  fallen 
  

   to 
  about 
  three 
  shillings 
  a 
  pound, 
  and 
  with 
  slight 
  fluctuations 
  

   there 
  the 
  price 
  remained. 
  

  

  To 
  contain 
  this 
  precious 
  drink 
  high 
  prices 
  were 
  paid 
  for 
  

  

  American 
  one. 
  There 
  is 
  farther 
  decoration, 
  consisting 
  of 
  the 
  

   pretty 
  little 
  floral 
  sprigs 
  with 
  which 
  we 
  are 
  familiar. 
  All 
  

   the 
  pieces 
  in 
  this 
  illustration 
  are 
  typical 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  

   style 
  of 
  china 
  which 
  collectors 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  fondly 
  called 
  

   "Lowestoft," 
  and 
  show 
  the 
  usual 
  forms 
  of 
  coffee, 
  tea, 
  and 
  

   chocolate 
  or 
  hot-water 
  pots. 
  

  

  The 
  earliest 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  china 
  had 
  cups 
  

   without 
  handles, 
  like 
  the 
  one 
  in 
  Fig. 
  3, 
  and 
  besides 
  those 
  for 
  

   tea 
  and 
  coffee 
  a 
  certain 
  tall 
  slender 
  cup 
  was 
  brought 
  for 
  

   custard, 
  sometimes 
  with 
  a 
  cover. 
  The 
  three 
  pieces 
  shown 
  

   in 
  Figs. 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  are 
  choice 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  "sprigged" 
  

   variety. 
  Only 
  the 
  highest 
  class 
  platters 
  had 
  such 
  a 
  wealth 
  

   of 
  ornament 
  as 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  Fig. 
  4, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  usual 
  in 
  such 
  

   pieces 
  that 
  a 
  coat-of-arms 
  should 
  decorate 
  the 
  center. 
  In 
  

   the 
  extensive 
  collection 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Duke 
  of 
  Cambridge 
  

   there 
  are 
  no 
  handsomer 
  pieces 
  of 
  festooned 
  pattern, 
  but 
  in- 
  

   stead 
  of 
  the 
  vase 
  of 
  flowers 
  his 
  are 
  crested. 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  caddies 
  and 
  the 
  quaint 
  chocolate 
  pots, 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  most 
  desired 
  pieces 
  in 
  this 
  ware 
  was 
  the 
  helmet 
  pitcher. 
  

   This 
  shape 
  had 
  long 
  been 
  made 
  at 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  famous 
  French 
  

   potteries, 
  notably 
  those 
  at 
  Rouen, 
  but 
  in 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  

   pieces 
  made 
  prior 
  to 
  the 
  year 
  1700 
  the 
  lip 
  was 
  masked. 
  

   The 
  handle 
  was 
  also 
  peculiar, 
  often 
  taking 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  

   long, 
  slender, 
  spotted 
  leopard, 
  but 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  jug 
  was 
  

   exactly 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  so-called 
  Lowestoft, 
  with 
  the 
  

   spreading 
  top 
  and 
  wide 
  lip. 
  The 
  decoration 
  on 
  the 
  French 
  

   jugs 
  was 
  the 
  well-known 
  alternating 
  scallop 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  

   laces, 
  damasks, 
  marquetrie, 
  and 
  ironwork 
  of 
  the 
  period. 
  It 
  

  

  6 
  — 
  Blue 
  and 
  Gold 
  Decoration 
  

  

  tea 
  services, 
  and 
  an 
  old 
  English 
  letter 
  dated 
  1740 
  states, 
  

   "Tea 
  has 
  now 
  become 
  the 
  darling 
  of 
  our 
  women. 
  Almost 
  

   every 
  little 
  tradesman's 
  wife 
  will 
  set 
  sipping 
  tea 
  for 
  an 
  hour 
  

   or 
  more 
  in 
  a 
  morning, 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  again 
  in 
  the 
  afternoon, 
  

   if 
  they 
  can 
  get 
  it, 
  and 
  nothing 
  will 
  please 
  them 
  but 
  to 
  sip 
  it 
  

   out 
  of 
  chinaware, 
  if 
  they 
  can 
  get 
  it. 
  They 
  talk 
  about 
  spend- 
  

   ing 
  thirty 
  or 
  forty 
  shillings 
  upon 
  a 
  tea 
  equipage 
  as 
  they 
  

   call 
  it." 
  

  

  By 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  piece 
  in 
  Fig. 
  1 
  is 
  the 
  bowl 
  

   shown 
  at 
  the 
  right 
  of 
  the 
  caddy. 
  It 
  has 
  the 
  American 
  eagle, 
  

   shield, 
  thunderbolts, 
  "E 
  Pluribus 
  Unum" 
  and 
  all! 
  It 
  seems 
  

   as 
  if 
  some 
  patriotic 
  old 
  sea 
  captain 
  had 
  ordered 
  it 
  decorated 
  

   for 
  his 
  own 
  special 
  brew 
  of 
  punch, 
  made 
  potent 
  by 
  "W. 
  I. 
  

   Rum," 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  old 
  records, 
  and 
  heavy 
  with 
  

   spices 
  and 
  fragrant 
  with 
  limes. 
  It 
  may 
  have 
  belonged 
  to 
  

   the 
  great 
  Elias 
  Derby 
  himself, 
  who 
  died 
  in 
  1805 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   richest 
  men 
  in 
  New 
  England, 
  and 
  whose 
  ships 
  brought 
  in 
  

   rolls 
  and 
  crates 
  of 
  china 
  to 
  Salem. 
  On 
  the 
  shield 
  below 
  the 
  

   stripes 
  you 
  can 
  distinguish 
  a 
  "D." 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  another 
  bowl 
  in 
  Fig. 
  2 
  and 
  again 
  in 
  Fig. 
  5, 
  also 
  

   for 
  punch, 
  and 
  this 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  ship's 
  bowl, 
  or 
  to 
  

   have 
  belonged 
  to 
  a 
  follower 
  of 
  the 
  sea, 
  for 
  it 
  has 
  on 
  it 
  the 
  

   picture 
  of 
  a 
  three-masted 
  schooner. 
  It 
  is 
  flying 
  the 
  English 
  

   flag, 
  so 
  that 
  seems 
  to 
  indicate 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  decorated 
  before 
  

   1776. 
  After 
  that 
  date 
  the 
  flag 
  was 
  pretty 
  sure 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  

  

  must 
  have 
  been 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  French 
  jugs 
  that 
  the 
  

   Celestial 
  potter 
  derived 
  his 
  idea 
  for 
  the 
  well-known 
  "helmet 
  

  

  jug." 
  

  

  But 
  was 
  it 
  any 
  wonder 
  that 
  such 
  pleasing 
  forms 
  and 
  

   decorations 
  were 
  popular? 
  When 
  the 
  ware 
  became 
  the 
  col- 
  

   lector's 
  fad 
  a 
  pretty 
  story, 
  probably 
  originated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Chaffers, 
  went 
  the 
  rounds, 
  and 
  detailed 
  why 
  a 
  rose 
  was 
  so 
  

   often 
  used 
  in 
  decoration. 
  It 
  was 
  said 
  that 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  

   decorators 
  of 
  this 
  ware 
  at 
  Lowestoft 
  was 
  a 
  French 
  refugee 
  

  

  7 
  — 
  Bread 
  and 
  Cake 
  Plates 
  

  

  