AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



December, 1913 



A RTISTIC and attractive 

 *- *■ home furnishing demands 



th 



e use 



of 



Crass Furniture 



TRADE MARK 



A furniture in a class by itself. 

 Acceptable and appropriate 

 as a Xmas Gift. 

 Ask your dealer for CREX. 



New booklet No. 237 Artistic 

 Home Furnishings sent free, on 

 request. 



Prairie Grass Furniture Co. 



Sole Manufacturers 



Glendale, Long Island, New York 



Your Coat of Arms 



Small window in VOLTERANNO Glass— your 

 Coat of Arms correctly emblazoned in this rich 

 glass — Brilliant in color. $20.00 up. 



VOLTERANNO STUDIO 

 341 FOURTH AVENUE NEW YORK CITY 



Antiques 



For Sale. Desks, Bureaus, Card Tables, Mirrors, 

 Alabaster Clocks and Mantle Sets, Cup Plates. Cor- 

 respondence solicited. 

 MISS A. J. CLARK, 120 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. 



National 

 Society of 

 Craftsmen 



119 E. 19th ST. 

 NEW YORK CITY 



I TERE you may 



•*■ •*■ find that unique 

 Wedding or Birth- 

 day Present, or have 

 it made to order. 



T TNUSUAL 

 ^-^ Jewelry, Glass, 

 Pottery, Leather, 

 Textiles or Metal 

 Work always in 

 stock. 



4th Aven u e 



B ROADWAY 



Antique Mahogany 



For Sale — One Empire Sideboard, Clawfeet, beauti- 

 ful grain — one Mahogany Desk, secret drawers 

 Four Post Beds with Testers— Card Tables— Mirrors, 

 etc. Prices low. Address 



F. B. PROPHET, Elmira, N. Y. 



FIREPROOF GARAGES 



For Automobiles and Motorcycles 



$30 and Up 



, Easy to put up. Portable. All sizes. 

 1 Postal brings latest illustrated catalog. 

 The Edwards Mfg. Co., 305-355 Egg leston Ave.. Cincinnati. 0. 



HESSMiaOCKER 



The Only Modern, Sanitary 

 STEEL Medicine Cabinet 



or locker finished in snow-white, baked 

 everlasting enamel, inside and out. 

 Beautiful beveled mirror door. Nickel 

 plate brass trimmings. Steel or glass 

 shelves. 



Costs Less Than Wood 



Never warps, shrinks, nor swells. Dust 

 and vermin proof, easily cleaned. 



Should Be In Every Bathroom 



Four styles — four sizes. To recess in 

 wall or to hang: outside. Send for illus- 

 trated circular. 



The Recessed Steel HESS, 926 Tacoma Building, Chicago 

 Medicine Cabinet Makers of Steel Furnaces. — Free Booklet 



Readers of American Homes and Gardens who 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. 



E. H. A. : As to the value of the books you 

 mention, "Harper's Magazine" (1850- 

 1851), commands a low price owing to the 

 lack of demand for bound volumes. If in 

 good condition, the various volumes would 

 bring $1.00 apiece. If in good condition, 

 the volumes of "Godey's Ladies' Book" 

 would bring $1.00 each. Owing to the lack 

 of demand, the volume containing Alman- 

 acks of 1795, 1793, 1798, 1812 and 1813; 

 calendar of 1814 and Franklin Legacy 1799 

 and 1804, would scarcely bring more than 

 $5.50 for the entire collection in the auc- 

 tion rooms. 



W. P. : Regarding your inquiry about the 

 Grandfather's clock, we would say that the 

 maker's name is the one which appears 

 across its face. Samuel Raulet of Nor- 

 mouth, Maine, was an American clock- 

 maker of about 1800. The value of this 

 clock would depend upon the condition of 

 the case and the works, which we could not 

 determine from a mere description. 



T. C. : The smallest of the coins you sub- 

 mit is one eighth real piece, Mexican, and 

 commands no premium. The silver coin is 

 Austrian, Ferdinand III, and is only worth 

 its silver value. The copper coin is early 

 Spanish, but the markings are too indistinct 

 to make classification possible. The engrav- 

 ing by A. Deveria, (1835-1840), has very 

 little value and would bring little more than 

 $1.00 in America. 



E. H. Y. : The value of the furniture, if in 

 good condition, would be, approximately, 

 for the chair, $10 to $15, for the table, $30 

 to $35, and for the bureau, $30 to $35. 



J. P. M. : The sampler you have submitted 

 is worth from $10 to $12. The colors are 

 exceptionally good. Regarding the pewter, 

 we would say that, the only pewterer by 

 the name of Boardman we have found 

 recorded, is Thomas Boardman, of Eng- 

 land, (1746-1747), who signed without a 

 middle initial. Boardman & Company, 

 (1821), of Water Street, New York, and 

 Boardman & Hart, (1828-1841), Water 

 Street, New York, were American pew- 

 terers and it is possible your pieces were 



made by a member of one of the above 

 firms, as the touch mark you describe does 

 not exactly correspond with that of Thomas 

 Boardman, which, while it contained stars, 

 is not the same in other details. The value 

 of the pieces would be, approximately as 

 follows: Platter, $7.50 to $10, Porringer, 

 about $3.50. 



K. : The Confederate Seals about which 

 you inquire are not of unusual rarity. 

 Two in die Lossing sale last season sold 

 for $6 and $7 respectively. $5 is about 

 the usual price these Seals bring. 



A. V. R. : The Alvus edition of Homer to 

 which you refer is the second best and 

 rarest of the Aldine edition of Homer 

 printed in Venice, Andres Asola. The 

 Strassburg Homer was printed in 1525 

 by Wolfgang Sephaleus and contains 

 glosses of the editio princeps of 1488, and 

 the Aldine edition of 1504. A copy of the 

 Aldine, second edition, was in the George 

 C. Calvert sale of October 21, 1913, 

 Anderson Auction Company, New York, 

 and brought $22. 



R. L. V. : In regard to your inquiry con- 

 cerning your three plates, we would say 

 that the mark stamped on the back must 

 be "Creil" rather than "Crell." Creil 

 was a ware made in the last century, 

 your particular plates being Empire in 

 design, and were sold by Stone, Coqueil 

 & LeCros, English potteries in Paris, 

 but have no great value. They would 

 probably bring about $2.50 each. 

 "Manufre de Decors, sur Porcelaine, 

 Favenc," etc., is their mark of manufac- 

 ture. The clock you refer to may have 

 been sold by John Cronhill, Maidstone, 

 Kent, England, as we find no record of 

 his name as a clockmaker in the list of 

 the "Clockmaker's Company," which con- 

 trolled the makers of all clocks in Eng- 

 land at the time when this clock was 

 probably made. 



M. G. H. : In regard to your Staffordshire 

 figures, we would say that if they are the 

 old Staffordshire the "Cobbler and Dame" 

 would be worth about $10, the "Deers" 



