﻿December, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  465 
  

  

  Bell 
  in 
  Teakwood 
  Frame 
  

  

  Hunting 
  Horn 
  of 
  Carved 
  Teakwood 
  

  

  Silk 
  Screen 
  with 
  Teakwood 
  Stand 
  Supported 
  by 
  Dogs 
  

  

  in 
  such 
  articles 
  is 
  stained 
  black, 
  giving 
  it 
  a 
  dull 
  effect 
  like 
  

   ebony, 
  although 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  rare 
  pieces 
  the 
  natural 
  brown 
  of 
  

   the 
  wood 
  may 
  be 
  found, 
  the 
  colors 
  varying 
  from 
  heart 
  wood 
  

   to 
  sap 
  wood. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  unique 
  smaller 
  articles 
  is 
  a 
  card 
  receiver 
  

   of 
  soapstone 
  and 
  teakwood. 
  The 
  wood 
  is 
  wrought 
  in 
  a 
  

   lotus 
  design, 
  while 
  dragons, 
  birds 
  and 
  leaves 
  are 
  elaborately 
  

   carved 
  upon 
  the 
  soapstone. 
  A 
  candlestick, 
  which 
  would 
  

   doubtless 
  be 
  admired 
  by 
  the 
  connoisseur, 
  consists 
  of 
  three 
  

   bronze 
  dolphins 
  supporting 
  a 
  single 
  bronze 
  lotus 
  flower, 
  

   resting 
  on 
  a 
  teakwood 
  stand 
  carved 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  lotus 
  

   leaves. 
  A 
  small 
  curio 
  suggestive 
  of 
  the 
  Orient 
  is 
  a 
  bronze 
  

   incense 
  burner. 
  The 
  metal 
  is 
  chased 
  and 
  the 
  teakwood 
  

   standard 
  represents 
  elaborately 
  carved 
  pomegranates. 
  

  

  From 
  China 
  comes 
  a 
  very 
  graceful 
  piece 
  of 
  carving 
  in 
  the 
  

   form 
  of 
  a 
  standard 
  supporting 
  a 
  punch 
  bowl 
  of 
  genuine 
  

   Canton 
  china. 
  The 
  decorations 
  of 
  the 
  standard 
  are 
  most 
  

   appropriate 
  and 
  suggest 
  the 
  fruit 
  sacred 
  to 
  Bacchus. 
  A 
  

  

  similar 
  standard, 
  less 
  elaborate 
  

   in 
  design, 
  has 
  tiny 
  animals 
  lurk- 
  

   ing 
  amid 
  the 
  vines, 
  which 
  re- 
  

   semble 
  the 
  timid 
  creatures 
  of 
  

   wood 
  and 
  field. 
  The 
  wealth 
  of 
  

   figures 
  which 
  are 
  combined 
  in 
  

   the 
  simplest 
  piece 
  of 
  carving 
  is 
  

   really 
  a 
  revelation 
  to 
  the 
  pres- 
  

   ent-day 
  artist 
  who 
  confines 
  his 
  

   work 
  to 
  the 
  scrolls 
  and 
  varieties 
  

   of 
  complicated 
  lines 
  for 
  the 
  

   most 
  part. 
  

  

  The 
  age 
  of 
  teakwood 
  is 
  not 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  determine 
  if 
  one 
  is 
  

   fairly 
  familiar 
  with 
  the 
  wood. 
  

   The 
  carvings 
  constitute 
  the 
  

   hall-marks, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  determine 
  

   the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  article, 
  and 
  by 
  

   the 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  

   upon 
  various 
  pieces, 
  not 
  only 
  

   can 
  the 
  age 
  be 
  approximately 
  

  

  Teakwood 
  Support 
  for 
  

   Crystal 
  Globe 
  

  

  Teakwood 
  Base 
  for 
  Porcelain 
  Bowl 
  

  

  Soapstone 
  Card 
  Receiver 
  on 
  Teakwood 
  Stand, 
  Lotus 
  Design 
  

  

  