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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



January, 1907 



bany" dish, a "Church and Adjoining Buildings Murray 

 Street" soup plate, a proof "Arms of North Carolina," and 

 the rare little "St. Patrick's Cathedral" plate. I regret the 

 necessity of leaving this collection without mentioning some 

 of the other unique specimens which it contains. There are in 

 it altogether about 174 pieces. 



Mr. George Kellogg, of Amsterdam, N. Y., has an at- 

 tractive collection of Old Blue, very tastefully hung in 



Hurl Gate, East River, Seven and One-half Inch Plate 

 by Stubbs. Only Two Are in Existence 



his dining-room. 1 see in the Ilkistration a "Harvest Home" 

 platter. Mr. Kellogg obtained this rare piece at the cele- 

 brated Burritt sale, in New York. This collection is strong 

 in Arms and Syntax pieces. Outside of these the rarest 

 views are a six-inch "Harvard College" plate, a "Battle of 

 Bunker Hill" platter, a "St. Paul's Church, Boston" platter, 

 and several choice medallion plates. 



Our illustrations show the interior of the treasure house 

 of Mrs. Marshall L. Hinman, of Dunkirk, N. Y. The 

 plates are hung with mathematical accuracy and everything 

 is suggestive of order and symmetry. This collection is a 

 large one but it goes beyond the boundaries of my article. 



Governor's Island, New York, Ten Inch Plate. One of 

 the Most Beautiful and Rarest of American Views 



It includes every variety of color in historical ware. It is 

 strong in English views, cup plates, luster ware, etc. I can 

 not do it justice in the brief space at my disposal. 



Mrs. Hinman has made no specialty of dark blue ware, 

 although she has many choice pieces in her collection. 



These short outlines of collections can not help resemb- 

 ling each other in many particulars. 



All fine collections are alike up to a certain point; they 

 differ in the rarities they contain, the condition of their 

 pieces, and their numerical strength. 



Mrs. H. M. Soper, of New York, has succeeded in getting 

 together, in a short time, a truly fine collection. She has all 

 of the Arms pieces except one and needs only one or two 

 subjects to complete her Syntax series. Mrs. Soper's col- 

 lection easily ranks among the best in the country. 



Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, Eight Inch Plate by 

 Ridgway. Very Rare 



The same may be said of the collection of Mrs. Richard 

 V. Lindabury, of Bernardsville, New Jersey. 



I would like to mention the following rare pieces as 

 characteristic of this collection: 



"Governor's Island," New York, ten-inch soup plate. 



"New York Bay," eight and one-half-inch plate (Stubbs). 



"Fort Gansevoort," eight-inch plate. 



"Fulton Market," New York, soup tureen. 



A tea set of rare Baltimore views. 



My own collection contains two hundred varieties, all of 

 them, with two exceptions, in proof condition. A few of my 

 favorite pieces are : 



Octagon Church, Boston, Ten and One-half Inch Flat Plate, 

 Open Edge. Very Rare 



"Brooklyn Ferry," platter, eleven and one-half by nine 

 inches. 



"Hope Mill, Catskill," N. Y., tray of soup tureen, four- 

 teen by ten and three-fourths inches. 



A seven-inch plate. Dr. Syntax, "Sketching the Lake" — 

 the picture is dark blue on a white background — as shown 

 in head-piece illustration. 



