January, 19 13 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



IX 



Collectors' Department 



Readers of American Homes and Gardens 

 who are interested in old furniture, silver, prints, 

 brass, miniatures, medals, paintings, textiles, glass, 

 in faet in any field appealing to the collector are 

 invited to address any enquiries on such matters 

 to the Editor of the "Collectors' Department," and 

 such letters of enquiry will receive careful atten- 

 tion. Correspondents should enclose stamps for 

 reply. Foreign correspondents may enclose the 

 stamps of their respective countries. 



CHINESE PORCELAIN EXPORTS 



CONSIDERABLE importance is com- 

 ing to be attached to exports of 

 Chinese porcelain, earthenware, and similar 

 products, says Consul General George E. 

 Anderson of Hongkong, in the Daily Consu- 

 lar and Trade Reports. Shipments to the 

 United States and Philippines have been 

 yearly increasing, and while the trade has 

 reached no great volume its growth is of 

 some interest. 



The trade may be divided into two gen- 

 eral classes, the first representing exports 

 of earthenware and common dishes for 

 everyday use of Chinese in the United 

 States — ware better suited to Chinese needs 

 than foreign dishes available. The second 

 class — ornamental ware, including dishes, 

 vases, bric-a-brac, and miscellaneous 

 pieces — may be further divided into new 

 ware and more or less open imitations of 

 old ware and antiques. 



The total exports of all varieties of such 

 ware from China in 1908 were valued at 

 $1,037,456; in 1909, at $1,114,168; in 1910, 

 at SI, 265, 167, and in 1911, even with in- 

 terruptions to trade in the Yangtze Valley, 

 at $1,278,440. Of these exports 60 to 65 

 per cent, is annually exported to Hongkong 

 and thence to the rest of the world. Singa- 

 pore takes about 15 per cent, and Siam 10 

 to 12 per cent, per annum. The United 

 States takes little of this ware direct, but 

 imported from Hongkong $39,734 worth in 

 1909, $44,307 worth in 1910, and $73,800 

 worth in 1911, while the Philippines im- 

 ported 340,713, $59,267, and $48,063 worth 

 in the same years, respectively, the com- 

 bined purchases being in 1911 about one 

 tenth of the whole. None of these exports, 

 however, includes household goods or imi- 

 tations of old Chinese porcelains made as 

 works of art or antiques, the value of which 

 will increase the total materially, perhaps 

 doubling the values on an average. 



The nature of this ware is indicated 

 largely by its origin. More than a third of 

 the exports is from Kiukiang, on the 

 Yangtze River, and represents the output 

 of potteries that have existed in and about 

 that port for many years, including modern 

 establishments turning out more or less 

 foreignized products. About an eighth of 

 the whole is from Swatow, where large 

 quantities of the cheap common ware used 

 by the Chinese are made. About a third 

 of the whole comes from Canton, Kowloon, 

 Lappa and other Pearl River and West 

 River points, representing not only the 

 standard ware for Chinese use, but includ- 

 ing the output of "Canton" chinaware, 

 which is made for modern foreign uses but 

 in imitat : on of old pieces or according to 

 old designs of decoration. The export of 

 this ware is increasing greatly, particularly 

 to the United States. On the whole, this 

 ware has fair merit. It can be had in almost 

 any form, according to order, but the usual 

 ware for export includes plates of various 

 sorts, sizes, and designs, punch bowls, toilet 

 sets, and the like, all made in foreign shapes 



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