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A. G. : The early regulation in connec- 

 tion with French pewterers' marks to 

 which you refer is to be found in the 

 "Statuts des Examiniers-Plombiers" of 

 1554 at Rouen wherein it was required 

 that the chosen marks were to be differ- 

 ent one from the other, in addition to 

 which the finer pewter was to be marked 

 with the device of a little hammer 

 stamped upon it. The penalty for pew- 

 terers neglecting to mark their wares 

 was, at that time, fixed at twelve sols for 

 every specimen put forth unmarked. 



H. C. : To enumerate the finest extant 

 examples of the ivory workers' craft in 

 the world's famous collections would re- 

 quire more space than the province of 

 this department permits, but among 

 some of the finest ivories extant one may 

 mention the Diptych (Consular) of 

 Probianus in Berlin, the tablet of Lam- 

 padius at Brescia, The Apotheosis of 

 Romulas tablet in the British Museum, 

 the Ivory Book of Rouen Cathedral, the 

 Carraud Diptych in the Bargello at 

 Florence, the famous pyx in the Musee 

 de Cluny, Paris, the Ivory Throne of 

 Maximian in Ravenna, a cover of a Book 

 of the Gospels in the Bibliotheque Nat- 

 ionale, Paris, an ivory oliphant in the 

 Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 

 the Throne of St. Peter, Rome, the 

 Trevulsio plaque in Milan, etc., to men- 

 tion but a few of the earlier ivories. In 

 objects of this sort the collections of the 

 late J. Pierpont Morgan are especially 

 rich, Mr. Morgan having collected some 

 of the finest examples of carved ivory in 

 private possession, examples, in fact, 

 quite as interesting and remarkable as 

 many of the most noted ones in the great 

 museums of the world. 



W. P. : The mark on the Japanese pot- 

 tery of which you send a drawing is 

 that of its year of fabrication, in this 

 instance the year Sho-toku, or 1711. You 

 will find a very good date list in Burton 

 & Hobson's "Handbook of Marks on 

 Pottery and Porcelain," published by Mac- 

 millan. The publishers of American 

 Homes and Gardens will be glad to quote 

 prices on any books in which collectors 

 are interested. Any publication can be 

 furnished postpaid on receipt of price. 



N. S. P. : The Chinese inscription de- 

 ciphered reads Wen chang shan ton, 

 which, translated, is "Scholarship lofty as 

 the hills and the Great Bear !" The ware 

 bearing this dates between 1662 and 1722. 

 The E-shaped heiroglyphic mark signifies 

 "Yii," meaning Jade. 



G. C. T. : The blue and white cup is not 

 Dutch Delft but Persian ware of the nine- 

 teenth century. Marked specimens of 

 Persian wares are not common nor are 

 marked specimens of Syrian and Turkish 

 pottery very often to be found in the 

 shops. The influence of the Chinese pot- 

 tery is very marked in much of the nine- 

 teenth century Persian pieces. The pot- 

 tery marked with the design of a fruit 

 basket with the initials W. S. & Co., 

 was made by W. Smith & Co., at Stoct- 

 on-Tees about 1820. The other mark you 

 submit is one that was often used on 

 English imitation of Sevres. 



L. F. D. : Autograph letters of Whistler 

 command high prices both in the auction 

 room and by dealers. There seems no 

 probability that the competition for them 

 will abate. They are seldom listed by 

 American dealers, though occasionally 

 coming up in sales. 





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