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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



December, 1 9 1 3 



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ALASKAN FUR RUGS 



The finest specimens of big game of Alaska 

 mounted in fine Rugs. Catalogue gives all 

 particulars and prices. 



NAVAJO BLANKETS 



These most artistic floor coverings in a 

 great assortment of handsome designs. 



OUR FREE CATALOGUE illustrates and prices 

 Indian Blankets, Moccasins, Nugget Jewelry, Ivory 

 Work, and other interesting and valuable articles — 

 guaranteed as represented. 



HUDSON BAY FUR CO. 



Colman Block Seattle, Wash. 



ONE OF THE FINEST HIGH ALTITUDE RESIDENCE 

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 scaped ; no finer residence site. Address Treeholme, Chap- 

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Private Water Supply Plants 



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Riltmnm Nnveafir publishes helpful books describ- 



Diumore nursery ing trees> flowerin g shrubs, 



hardy garden flowers, Irises and Roses. Tell us about your in- 

 tended plantings, so that we may send you the proper literature. 

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■^saHSsgg Pumps kinds 



CYLINDERS, ETC. 

 Hay Unloading Tools 



Barn Door Hanger* 

 Write for Circular* and Price* 



F. E. MYERS & BRO., Ashland, O. 



Ashland Pump and Hay Tool Work* 



SUN 



A Beautiful, Illustrated Book- 

 -.. let, "SUN DIALS," sent upon 

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McCRAY REFRIGERATORS 



Active and cold air circulation — Sanitary linings. 



Send for Catalogue 



McCRAY REFRIGERATOR COMPANY 



687 Lake St.. Kendallville, Ind. 



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Christmas Dinners 



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 PEOPLE 



Will be 

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donation, no 



matter how small 



TO COMMANDER 



MISS BOOTH Grandma Gets One 



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West' n DepL Comm. Estill, 108 N .Dearborn St. Chicago 



dicate in your letter, we would say that 

 while it is a Wedgwood, it has very little 

 value owing to the word "England" appear- 

 ing in the imprint. This was only used in 

 Wedgwood after the passage of the Mc- 

 Kinley bill in 1891 to comply with the 

 American Customs regulations. The plate 

 was undoubtedly made by Wedgwood in 

 Etrupia, "Ivanhoe" being the subject 

 throughout of its decorations. 



M. B. S. : Regarding your inquiry we would 

 say that the silver is marked with the 

 crown, a Sheffield mark, and was made in 

 1795, (Sheffield only became an assay office 

 in 1773). The C. F. was evidently en- 

 graved on as you suggest as the maker's 

 name. 



X. : The Spanish book referred to would 

 have a greater value in Europe than here, 

 where it would be worth from $12 to $15. 

 A work in America by the same author pub- 

 lished in the same year is catalogued as hav- 

 ing sold for $25, but as this work is an his- 

 torical treatise concerning Don Sebastian of 

 Portugal it would not have the same value. 



J. S. R. : In reply to your inquiry about 

 the colored prints, we would say if they 

 are in good condition they are worth about 

 $1.50 each. Those by Fantin La Tour 

 Charlet and Daumier are the French prints 

 of greatest value to-day. 



N. E. W. : The reference to Walpole's 

 silver owls is an obscure one, but the Editor 

 ventures to believe that the "silver owls" 

 in question were not, as you suggest, old 

 crests, but were the pair of curious silver 

 owls inventoried with Walpole's effects as 

 being the ones seated on perches formed 

 into whistles, which were blown by the 

 master when he wished to call the servants 

 to him. These famous owls were quaint 

 specimens of the workmanship of the early 

 part of the seventeenth century. They fig- 

 ured in the Strawberry Hill sale in 1842 

 and brought a price above their weight in 

 gold. The Editor believes these must be 

 the silver owls about which you seek in- 

 formation. 



There are a number of collectors of Na- 

 poleona in America. The Latta sale and 

 the Warren Crane sale in New York in 

 November contained many thousand Napo- 

 leon items. 



W. H. W. : Britannia-ware or white metal, 

 as it was originally called, is made of a 

 large percentage of tin and a certain pro- 

 portion of antimony and copper, but has no 

 lead in its composition, while in pewter 

 about eighty per cent, is lead and twenty 

 per cent, tin with a slight mixture of zinc, 

 antimony and copper. The firm of James 

 Dixon & Sons, founded by James Dixon 

 in 1804 and known as Dixon & Smith, then 

 Dixon & Sons (1830) and later (1833) 

 James Dixon & Sons, are the leading mak- 

 ers of Britannia-ware seen to-day. The 

 Dixon mark is trumpet with banner. The 

 following list of books on the subject can 

 be supplied by us at prices mentioned : 

 Bradbury's "History of Old Sheffield 

 Plate," price $12.00; "Pewter Marks and 

 Old Pewter Ware — Domestic and Ecclesi- 

 astical," by C. A. Markham ; price $7.50 ; 

 "Old Pewter, Brass, Copper and Old Shef- 

 field Plate," by Mrs. H. Hudson Moore, 

 price $2.15 net, post paid $2.33; "Pewter 

 Plate — An Historical and Descriptive 

 Handbook," by H. J. H. L. Masse, price 

 $7.00; "Pewter and the Amateur Col- 

 lector," by Edward J. Gale, price $2.50, and 

 "Causeries on English Plate," by Antonio 

 de Navarro, price $3.50. 



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Sunlight Double Glass Sash 



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— whether used on cold frames, hot-beds or on the inexpensive 

 11x12 ft Sunlight Double-Glazed Greenhouse. They eliminate 

 the need to use mats and shutters, thus saving half the cost of 

 equipment and labor. They give the plants all the light and 

 save the stored heat overnight, thus making them grow steadily 

 without forcing, 



The inexpensive double-glazed 11x12 ft. greenhouse is covered 

 wi h the Sunlight Sash which are removable for repairs or to use 

 on hot beds or cold frames in their season. The house, though 

 double-glazed, is always kept bright and tight. 



You owe it to your interest to get our literature. The free catalog 

 with net prices and all necessary information. And Prof. Massey^s 

 booklet on how to make and use hot-beds, cold frames and a small 

 greenhouse. For the booklet send 4c. in stamps. 



Sunlight Double glass sash Co. 



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