May, 1913 



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Readers of American Homes and Gardens zvho are interested in old furniture, silver, prints, 

 brass, miniatures, medals, paintings, textiles, glass, in fact 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 attention. Correspondents should enclose stamps for reply. 

 Foreign correspondents may enclose the stamps of their respective countries. 



M. C. R. : The Broadside to which you 

 refer would bring but a small market 

 price. A copy of the Broadside, An Act 

 Authorising a detachment from the 

 militia of the United States, 1 p. folio, 

 April 18, 1SU6, containing printed sig- 

 natures of Thomas Jefferson, Nathaniel 

 Macon (Speaker of the House) and S. 

 Smith ( President pro tern of the Senate) 

 sold at auction from the Benson J. Los- 

 sing collection for fifty cents. 



X. J. H. : Civil War envelopes with car- 

 toons, etc., printed upon them in colors 

 (usually in blue and red), have not any 

 particular market value. Ten cents apiece 

 would be a fair price for them, though 

 those that had actually seen postal serv- 

 ice would be worth considerably more. 



L. V. C. : Impressions of the Great Seal 

 of the Confederacy are not common. 

 They may be had in bronze and in silver. 

 A copy of the bronze impression recently 

 sold at Anderson's for $6.50, one in silver 

 for $7.75. The seal was executed in Eng- 

 land in duplicate. One was sent over 

 to the Confederacy and was received in 

 Richmond during the last few days that 

 preceded the evacuation. However, the 

 apparatus for impressing it never arrived, 

 consequently the seal was never in official 

 use. 



A. H. S. : The first three volumes of The 

 Ancestor, the quarterly review of county 

 and family history, heraldry and antiqui- 

 ties, published in London (1902), could 

 be picked up second-hand for about a 

 dollar a volume. 



L. M. R. : Such work as you describe 

 is called "inlaying." Prints, engravings, 

 autographs, documents, etc., are carefully 

 cleaned and inserted (without any dam- 

 age to them whatsoever; in sheets of 

 paper (usually Whatman's hot-pressed 

 drawing; in such a manner that they ap- 

 pear to form an integral part of the sheet. 

 This is an ideal way of going about the 



preservation of a related collection of 

 prints, autographs or documents or of 

 extra-illustrating a volume. We will be 

 glad to supply you with the names and 

 addresses of experts who undertake such 

 work in these lines if you desire. In- 

 laying is comparatively inexpensive. 



P. N. T. : You will find Lowestoft ar- 

 morial china interestingly described by 

 X. Hudson Moore in the illustrated ar- 

 ticle which appeared in American Homes 

 and Gardens for May, 1907, page 193. 

 A copy of this number can be supplied, 

 price 25 cents. 



G. S. : The specimens of ancient glass you 

 submitted for expert opinion are unques- 

 tionably genuine examples of early Ro- 

 man glass. The iridescence and striation 

 is especially fine. In submitting objects 

 for examination especial care should be 

 taken in packing them. American 

 Homes and Gardens cannot hold itself 

 responsible for any objects sent for in- 

 spection, but will exercise all possible 

 care. Packages should be prepaid and 

 will be returned charges collect. 



E. DuB. : The Japanese print you submit 

 is by Suzuki Harunobu and you will find 

 it illustrated in "Epochs in Chinese and 

 Japanese Art" by the late Professor E. 

 Fenolossa. The second print is "Yedo 

 Bay at Dawn," by Hiroshige. 



C. E. W. : The double gourd-shaped Jap- 

 anese vase is iron-rust glaze, fabricated 

 in Takatori (province of Chikuzen), and 

 was made about the beginning of the 

 19th century. 



X. H. : You will find old teakwood de- 

 scribed in American Homes and Gardens 

 for December, 1907, page 463, in an 

 article, "The Romance of Old Teak- 

 wood," by Mary H. Xorthend. Back 

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