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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1910 



Fig 5 — The Canton china cream pitcher cost 65 cents; the sugar bow! 

 90 cents, the coffee pot $2.50, and the plates $5.25 a dozen 



1 ig. 6 — Sixty pieces of colonial glass like these, including wine, claret 

 and champagne glasses, can be bought for $5 



more diiBcult, but only because the assortment is more 

 varied and bewildering. The purchaser is advnsed to select 

 standard models, as breakages are more easily replaced. 

 The English willow ware, especi- 

 ally for breakfast and luncheon, is 

 always lovely, and costs $14.50 for 

 130 pieces. There is a Bavarian 

 china, with dessert plates, costing 

 $3.50 a dozen, and $7.50 for the 

 cups. 



Any white china with a light 

 but plain gold or blue rim is 

 charming. Pure white Wedgewood 

 is enchanting. The prettiest table 

 I know, is set out with this, every- 

 thmg matching to the candlesticks 

 and centerpiece. With spring 

 flowers on the table, and the pep- 

 permints made in the form ot 

 sweetpeas, the effect is unique. 

 Such a set is expensive, a branched 

 candlestick with its pretty figures 

 costmg alone $12.50. Individu- 

 ally, I prefer, for those ot limited 

 possessions, the Canton china, 

 which is good at all times. The 

 dark blue looks well on either a 

 bare table or the white of a table- 



Fig. 7 — A mahogany serving table of charming design 



use of the Canton, since even against the dark green it is 

 good. Thus over the low boy it is displayed on shelves 

 which a carpenter put up and stained for $4. The low 



boy cost $30 in an antique shop. 

 It will be noticed that it exactly fits 

 the space b e t w eje n the doors, 

 and so finishes that end of the 

 room. 



The proper filling of spaces is 

 sometimes a problem. In this din- 

 ing-room, for instance, the mantel- 

 piece was not directly in the middle 

 of the room, so that a strip of bare 

 wall was left on one side. A mir- 

 ror was therefore used, and with 

 satisfactory results, for the flowers 

 in front of it are repeated, and as 

 the mirror directly faces the par- 

 lor door it also reflects certain ob- 

 jects in that room. One can see, 

 for example, the flames of lighted 

 candles repeated at night, and the 

 effect is especially delightful. The 

 mirror (Fig. 10) is without a 

 frame, and held in place by small 

 invisible tacks; its price was $8. 

 Choice bits of china and 



Venetian glass are kept in a cabi- 

 cloth. Even when one buys the modern manufacture, there net (Fig. 10) by the window. For this $50 was paid in 

 is always an air of inheritance about the table it adorns, an antique shop. The shelves and sides are covered with 

 The coffee pot shown in Fig. 5 cost $2.50, the sugar bowl velvet, though the more elaborate cabinets have plate glass 



shelves. Balancing 

 this, on the other 

 side of the fireplace, 

 is an old-fashioned 

 bookcase and desk 

 combined. This is 

 also used for china, 

 and anyone posses- 

 sing such an object 

 is recommended to 

 apply it to this end, 

 for the drawers 

 underneath hold 

 large tablecloths 

 and napkins; the 

 small drawers, the 

 forks and spoons 

 not in daily use. 

 Bookcases like this 

 may be had for $7S. 

 The sideboard, 

 bought at an auc- 

 tion, cost $50. Only 

 a good model 

 Fig. 8 — A combined fireplace and china cabinet of good style. should be pur- 



90 cents, the cream 

 pitcher 65 cents, the 

 plates $5.25 a 

 dozen. This china, 

 moreover, looks 

 well at V a r i o u s 

 angles, so that 

 plates, as seen in 

 the illustration, can 

 be used against the 

 walls, which is not 

 the case with all 

 china, certainly not 

 with that which shows 

 too much white. 



The dining-r(;oni 

 (Fig. 10) where 

 this Canton is hung 

 has a dark green 

 burlap on the walls, 

 to bring it into key 

 with the adjoining 

 parlor. And here, 

 again, one can 

 see tact in the 



