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Adams, as the mark is one of the various 

 marks used by the Adams firm from 11. ST 

 to about 1810, in printed ware, fine stone- 

 ware and jasper, both surface color and 

 solid jasper. The factory was at Stoke- 

 upon-Trent, England. We can find no 

 record of the wares of R. M. \Y. & Co. 



\V. H. S. : The platter you mention was 

 probably made by E. & (i. Phillips, 

 who were manufacturers of blue and 

 white ironstone china in Longport, Eng- 

 land, 1822 to 1829. The value would not 

 be more than $5, if that much. 



L. B. C. : In answer to your letter con- 

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 of the matter. Generally speaking, the 

 Austrian and German, other than old 

 Dresden manufacturers, have not the 

 value of English or French chinas. Could 

 we see the platter we could, perhaps, 

 give you further information. 



M. B. S. : In reply to your inquiry regard- 

 ing the sideboard, we would say that as far 

 as we can judge from the photograph it 

 would hardly be worth more than from 

 $100 to $125, if in good condition. The 

 andirons are of no real period and con- 

 sequently are of no great value. If solid 

 brass they would be worth about $15. 



D. P. : The value of the Three Penny 

 Token, 19th Century, about which you en- 

 quire, a hart statant pierced with an arrow, 

 reverse, "I owe the bearer III D Ster," 

 and in the center, "Ben. Bowen, Dublin" 

 in four lines, is a rare token, the value of 

 which would be from fifteen to twenty dol- 

 lars. 



L. M. D. : The dark bronze oval medal, 

 obverse portrait of Pope Paul V, reverse 

 St. Dominic, is a very fine and rare medal 

 by Johann Hameran. The copy you submit 

 is an original. The signature is almost too 

 minute to be seen without a glass, but you 

 will find it in raised letters — I. H. — on the 

 lower left hand side of the relief bust of the 

 Pope. The artist of this medal was a Ger- 

 man medallist of the first half of the 17th 

 century, Johann Andreas Hameran, born at 

 Hermannskirchen, Bavaria. He went to 

 Rome and there took up residence under 

 the pontificate of Paul V (1605-1621). 

 Johann Hameran was the ancestor of a re- 

 markable line of celebrated medallic en- 

 gravers who continued, during the course 

 of nearly two centuries, to work for the 

 Papal Zecca [mint]. Johann Hameran's 

 son Alberto (born in 1620), was the first 

 of the family to bring into special promi- 

 nence the name of Hameran. Giacomo 

 Hameran, who was engraving in 1807, was 

 the last of the line. Says R. Sainthill, the 

 eminent authority : "To have continued the 

 same occupation for four or possibly five 

 generations would have been very unusual 

 in life ; but to have retained the same office, 

 under ■ thirteen successive elective sover- 

 eigns, no one of whom was related to his 

 predecessor or biased by his predilections, 

 is much more remarkable, and may fairly 

 be ascribed to superior talent, which, how- 

 ever, had declined under Benedict XIV, 

 and almost vanished under Pius VI." Re- 

 turning to Johann Hameran, we are in- 

 formed by Venuti that he was engaged 

 under Pope Paul V at the Zeccha to strike 

 medals and coins. His coins were not 

 signed. 



M. M. D. : The 17th century embroidered 

 jewel casket, ascribed to the one-time pos- 

 session of Queen Henrietta Maria, was 

 sold at auction February 19, 1913, at Soth- 



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