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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  May, 
  1907 
  

  

  named 
  Rose, 
  who 
  took, 
  

   this 
  sentimental 
  way 
  of 
  

   signing 
  his 
  work. 
  The 
  de- 
  

   vice 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Lowe- 
  

   stoft 
  was 
  also 
  a 
  full-blown 
  

   rose, 
  which 
  fact 
  as 
  well 
  

   added 
  to 
  the 
  romance 
  

   which 
  surrounded 
  this 
  

   ware. 
  

  

  A 
  portion 
  of 
  a 
  set 
  of 
  

   china 
  decorated 
  in 
  blue 
  and 
  

   gold 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  Fig. 
  6. 
  It 
  

   is 
  more 
  rich 
  than 
  you 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  see, 
  and 
  shows 
  

   plainly 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  done 
  to 
  

   order. 
  It 
  still 
  belongs 
  to 
  

   the 
  descendants 
  of 
  the 
  fam- 
  

   ily 
  for 
  whom 
  it 
  was 
  made. 
  

   Commonly 
  the 
  blue 
  is 
  set 
  

  

  off 
  in 
  a 
  wide 
  band 
  and 
  the 
  gold 
  laid 
  over 
  it. 
  Much 
  of 
  this 
  

   pattern 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  at 
  the 
  Antiquarian 
  Rooms 
  at 
  Concord, 
  

   Massachusetts, 
  where 
  it 
  looks 
  extremely 
  well 
  in 
  its 
  appro- 
  

   priate 
  settings 
  of 
  low-ceiled 
  rooms 
  and 
  mahogany 
  furniture. 
  

  

  Some 
  handsome 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  were 
  found 
  recently 
  

   in 
  central 
  New 
  York 
  State, 
  a 
  rather 
  unusual 
  place 
  for 
  this 
  

   kind 
  of 
  china, 
  which 
  is 
  more 
  common 
  near 
  the 
  sea-coast. 
  

   The 
  pieces 
  had 
  a 
  crest, 
  and 
  very 
  elegant 
  it 
  was. 
  Two 
  lions 
  

   rampant 
  are 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  shield 
  with 
  quarterings, 
  and 
  on 
  

   top 
  is 
  a 
  seven-pointed 
  coronet. 
  The 
  rosettes 
  on 
  the 
  basket- 
  

   work 
  tray 
  are 
  picked 
  out 
  with 
  color 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  gold, 
  and 
  the 
  

   festoons 
  of 
  flowers 
  are 
  all 
  in 
  the 
  gayest 
  colors. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  

   most 
  interesting 
  pieces 
  in 
  this 
  set 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  salt 
  cellar 
  you 
  do 
  

   not 
  often 
  find 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  but 
  frequently 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  

   England. 
  

  

  But 
  all 
  this 
  time, 
  like 
  the 
  children 
  with 
  a 
  favorite 
  bit 
  of 
  

   candy, 
  I 
  have 
  kept 
  the 
  most 
  rare 
  and 
  highly 
  prized 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  till 
  the 
  last. 
  Only 
  a 
  little 
  tea-caddy, 
  to 
  be 
  

   sure, 
  but 
  the 
  desire 
  of 
  many 
  collectors, 
  be 
  their 
  particular 
  

   hobby 
  what 
  it 
  may, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  decorated 
  with 
  the 
  "Order 
  of 
  

   the 
  Cincinnati," 
  or 
  a 
  very 
  close 
  imitation 
  of 
  it, 
  adapted 
  to 
  

   the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  caddy. 
  

  

  The 
  history 
  of 
  this 
  set 
  of 
  china 
  with 
  this 
  device 
  upon 
  it 
  

   is 
  interesting, 
  and 
  has 
  long 
  been 
  a 
  puzzle 
  to 
  collectors. 
  

   Many 
  experts 
  believe 
  that 
  the 
  set 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  Gen. 
  George 
  

   Washington 
  in 
  1784 
  by 
  officers 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  Army, 
  to 
  

   commemorate 
  their 
  joining 
  the 
  Society 
  of 
  the 
  Cincinnati. 
  

   This 
  opinion 
  is 
  not 
  shared 
  by 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Curtis 
  family 
  

   who 
  inherited 
  the 
  set, 
  and 
  who 
  believed 
  it 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   given 
  by 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  to 
  their 
  illustrious 
  

   fellow-member. 
  

  

  Still 
  a 
  third 
  theory 
  has 
  been 
  advanced 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  its 
  

   origin, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  China 
  under 
  the 
  direc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  Captain 
  Samuel 
  Shaw, 
  a 
  resident 
  of 
  Boston, 
  who, 
  

   with 
  General 
  Knox, 
  had 
  organized 
  the 
  Society 
  of 
  the 
  Cin- 
  

   cinnati. 
  This 
  theory, 
  which 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  T. 
  H, 
  Halsey, 
  

   of 
  New 
  York, 
  seems 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  most 
  correct, 
  since 
  

   Captain 
  Shaw 
  was 
  the 
  trading 
  agent 
  for 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  8 
  — 
  Tea-pot 
  and 
  Tea-caddy 
  

  

  ship 
  "Empress 
  of 
  China," 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  vessel 
  to 
  sail 
  

   from 
  this 
  country 
  directly 
  for 
  the 
  only 
  open 
  port 
  in 
  China 
  

   — 
  Canton. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  farther 
  substantiation 
  of 
  this 
  theory 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  diary 
  of 
  Captain 
  Shaw, 
  for 
  he 
  records 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  

   desirous 
  of 
  having 
  the 
  insignia 
  of 
  the 
  order 
  put 
  upon 
  a 
  set 
  

   of 
  china, 
  but 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  only 
  partially 
  successful, 
  since 
  the 
  

   Chinese 
  painters 
  who 
  were 
  given 
  the 
  work, 
  while 
  excellent 
  

   copyists, 
  were 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  combine 
  the 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  pat- 
  

   tern 
  which 
  was 
  given 
  them 
  in 
  separate 
  engravings. 
  This 
  was 
  

   about 
  the 
  year 
  1784, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  known 
  that 
  General 
  Knox 
  

   owned 
  some 
  pieces 
  of 
  china 
  with 
  this 
  device 
  on 
  it. 
  It 
  seems 
  

   strange 
  that 
  china 
  with 
  this 
  insignia 
  on 
  it 
  should 
  have 
  been 
  

   on 
  sale 
  for 
  such 
  as 
  wished 
  to 
  buy, 
  yet 
  in 
  the 
  "Baltimore 
  

   American" 
  for 
  August 
  12, 
  1785, 
  an 
  announcement 
  is 
  made 
  

   that 
  there 
  is 
  on 
  sale 
  "blue 
  and 
  white 
  stone 
  china 
  cups 
  and 
  

   saucers, 
  painted 
  with 
  the 
  arms 
  of 
  the 
  Order 
  of 
  the 
  Cincin- 
  

   natti," 
  just 
  arrived 
  from 
  Canton 
  by 
  the 
  "Pallas." 
  

  

  However 
  the 
  Father 
  of 
  His 
  Country 
  may 
  have 
  come 
  into 
  

   possession 
  of 
  this 
  china 
  does 
  not 
  much 
  signify, 
  for 
  that 
  it 
  

   long 
  was 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  china 
  treasures 
  at 
  Mount 
  Vernon 
  is 
  

   well 
  known. 
  It 
  is 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  will 
  of 
  Martha 
  Wash- 
  

   ington, 
  was 
  inherited 
  by 
  the 
  Curtis 
  family, 
  was 
  seized 
  by 
  

   the 
  Federal 
  forces 
  during 
  the 
  Civil 
  War, 
  and 
  now 
  is 
  stored 
  

   in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  at 
  Washington. 
  The 
  caddy 
  here 
  

   shown 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  Washington, 
  but 
  is 
  owned 
  in 
  Salem, 
  Massa- 
  

   chusetts. 
  

  

  The 
  color 
  scheme 
  of 
  this 
  decoration 
  is 
  extremely 
  crude 
  

   and 
  ugly, 
  and 
  includes 
  green, 
  brown, 
  purple, 
  gold, 
  lavender 
  

   and 
  black. 
  The 
  figure 
  itself 
  blowing 
  the 
  trump 
  of 
  Fame 
  is 
  

   almost 
  grotesque, 
  yet 
  such 
  is 
  the 
  esteem 
  that 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  this 
  

   ware 
  is 
  held 
  in, 
  that 
  a 
  plate 
  was 
  sold 
  two 
  years 
  ago 
  for 
  the 
  

   enormous 
  sum 
  of 
  $1,050. 
  Anyone 
  fortunate 
  enough 
  to 
  pos- 
  

   sess 
  such 
  a 
  piece 
  as 
  this 
  caddy 
  or 
  a 
  plate, 
  has 
  the 
  nucleus 
  of 
  

   a 
  collection 
  of 
  Armorial 
  China 
  that 
  includes 
  in 
  it 
  an 
  example 
  

   associated 
  with 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  earliest 
  and 
  greatest 
  china-lovers, 
  

   General 
  Washington. 
  There 
  is 
  thus 
  a 
  personal 
  and 
  histor- 
  

   ical 
  association 
  of 
  the 
  deepest 
  interest. 
  

  

  