May. 1 9 13 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XV 



Collectors are invited to send short descriptions 

 of their wants and offerings to the Collectors' 

 Mart. Wants and offerings will be inserted in 

 this column without charge. American Homes 

 axd Gardens takes no responsibility in connection 

 with any of the offerings submitted. All com- 

 munications should be addressed to "Collectors' 

 Mart, American Homes and Gardens, 361 Broad- 

 way, New York, N. Y." All replies should be 

 accompanied by a blank envelope, stamped and 

 marked zcith the register initials {which identify 

 the -wants and offerings) in the lower left hand 

 comer of the envelope, the whole to be enclosed 

 in the envelope addressed to the Collectors' Mart. 

 Photographs should be carefully protected and 

 packed flat. 



Exchange: A collector will exchange 

 Eighteenth Century English sampler for 

 a pair of old brass andirons or interesting 

 fender. S. A. B. 



Offered: Three fine Dutch brass kettles 

 in excellent condition. N. B. 



Offered: Liverpool Pitcher, height 10 

 inches, very rare and in perfect condition. 

 Has the arms of the United States, with 

 date 1804, and the initials J. E. B., and on 

 one side a frigate under full sail and on 

 the other the Tomb of Washington sur- 

 mounted by an urn with the letters G. W., 

 and in medallions the portraits of Samuel 

 Adams and John Hancock, the latter be- 

 ing in a red coat. Below a beehive and 

 a horn of plenty. The present owner 

 will part with it for $100.00. A. M. 



Offered: Silver altar lamp. Early Italian. 



N. E. R. 



Offered: Two old Chippendale chairs. 



G. R. 



Offered: Old mahogany table (Empire) 

 fine condition. M. B. 



Wanted: Arabic glass ''coins" or money 

 weights with cufic inscriptions. C. L. H. 



Wanted: Autograph letters of wives of 

 the presidents. Also want envelopes 

 used in franking the correspondence of 

 wives of the presidents. N. B. D. 



Wanted: Old prints and anything relat- 

 ing to the history of coinage. G. N. R. 



Offered: An interesting pair of Italian 

 brass sconces. T. M. L. 



Offered: Two polychrome Delf plates 

 (formerly in the Colonna Collection). 



E. F. 



Offered: Certificate of the Order of the 

 Cincinnati, signed by George Washing- 

 ton. This original parchment, of exces- 

 sive rarity, was issued to an officer in 

 Xew Jersey. It was enclosed in a black 

 ebony frame, protected by glass on both 

 sides. Price $125. B. L. 



Wanted: Copies of first editions of Kate 

 Greenaway's books. F. C. 



Wanted: A collector will be glad to pur- 

 chase old envelopes bearing used post- 

 age-stamps cancelled prior to 1870. 



S. M. M. 



Wanted: Early visiting cards or business 

 cards engraved with interesting vignettes, 

 old valentines before 1850. J. B. T. 



Wanted: Old ginger jars. K. C. T. 



Paul Revere, Boston Massacre: I have 

 an impression of this interesting item of 

 Americana, published and copyrighted in 

 1832, in an oak frame. This print is quite 

 as rare as the original Boston Massacre, 



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