April, 1 9 13 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XIX 



of Duncan Phyfe, but this piece would 

 hardly have been made by him. The 

 period in which this sofa was made is 

 known as Sheraton and this particular 

 piece would best be described perhaps, 

 as Anglicized Empire. It would be dif- 

 ficult to place a valuation upon any article 

 of furniture without seeing - it, as so much 

 depends upon the finish, grain of the 

 wood, condition, etc. Perhaps a fair price 

 for this sofa in the Xew York mart would 

 be $100. The plate bearing the Alham- 

 bra mark is of no particular value. It is 

 a printed decoration dating between 1800 

 and 1840. The Staffordshire plate 

 marked "Napier" was probably by John 

 Richardson, 1810. The third plate which 

 you describe and bearing English arms 

 is of modern manufacture, brought to 

 America after the McKinley Tariff Bill. 

 The fourth plate appears to be one from 

 a dinner service made by William Adams 

 and Son about 1800. The Creil ware 

 pitcher made of finely mixed earthenware 

 bodv is from a factorv inspired by Tosiah 

 YYedgewood's Queensware, 1810-1820. 

 The word "depose" signifies registration 

 of the design. 



E. F. S. : It would be impossible to 

 determine from the photograph submitted 

 the value of the various pitchers, inas- 

 much as this depends upon condition, 

 color, glaze, etc. Caledonia, produced by 

 old Staffordshire makers, is commonly 

 met with in English shops to-day, the 

 value of the ordinary lustre pitchers be- 

 ing not more than $1 or $2. The best 

 pitcher in the photograph would, in all 

 probability, not have a value exceeding 

 S10. The teapot appears to be Rocking- 

 ham pottery of about 1840. 



W. A. S. : The teapot about which you 

 enquire is of Britannia ware, a cheap 

 material composed of pewter, containing 

 a large percentage of brass. It would 

 appear to date from the Mid-Victorian 

 period, at which time various Sheffield 

 workers were engaged in producing like 

 specimens. The best of these makers 

 was Dixon. Joseph Deakin & Sons, 

 makers of your specimen, were among 

 the less important makers of Britannia 

 ware. Your teapot would have no par- 

 ticular market value. 



L. H. : The bottle to which you refer 

 is probably an ordinary bottle made by 

 Styglitz, an early German-American bot- 

 tle maker (1790-1800). It appears to be 

 a copy of Bristol glass. Such copies were 

 usually blue or blue-green. It has no 

 great value. 



J. B. G. B.. : The stamps issued by 

 the Revolutoinary government of the 

 Philippine Islands under Aguinaldo may 

 be obtained, unused, from the principal 

 dealers in postage-stamps. The one 

 milesima value, black, will cost about 

 eight cents unused (perforated 11^ will 

 cost fifty cents). The two cent Rose will 

 cost three cents unused (the "Correos y 

 Telegrafos" variety $2 unused). The 

 eight cent green will cost fifteen cents 

 unused. An orange-colored stamp was 

 used in Bohol, and it would be difficult 

 to procure a copy of this for less than 

 $25, used or unused. These Revolution- 

 ary stamps were in use in Luzon in 

 1898-9, and a fair supply of them found 

 their way to the American market. The 

 paper money of the Philippine Revolu- 

 tionary government is not rare, although 

 as there is little demand for it on the 

 r>art of collectors it might not be handled 

 by dealers generally. 



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