HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 1912 
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of which have corresponding teapots' 
among the Baker’s Dozen of those articles. 
The upper, row of the cupboard starts 
with a white one with green floral band 
running around the center of it, with 
sprigs of the same design of flowers here 
and there on its surface. From the mark¬ 
ing of the three dots on the bottom of the 
piece it seems to be the workman’s mark 
of some of the Worcester pieces. A pink 
sugar-bowl follows with embroidery-like 
pattern on a white ground, the shape of the 
bowl being decagonal; the feet in shell de¬ 
sign are attractive, and this together with 
the brown and white one next it, and the 
blue and white “Picturesque Yiews” de¬ 
sign on the bottom shelf, are the only three 
of the Baker's Dozen of Sugar-bowls 
which have feet. Beside it is a brown and 
white sugar-bowl which has an Oriental 
design of palm trees, chrysanthemums, lit¬ 
tle island homes and tiny Japanese figures 
on the cover and upper edge of the bowl 
proper. The fourth one of the first row is 
the fine white china bowl with gilt sprig 
decoration, while the second shelf com¬ 
prises the “picturesque views’’ blue and 
white piece, the two Mulberry Pagodas 
and a flowing blue one, an Oriental design 
bearing the mark of Alcock (J and S). 
The lower row begins with the choice 
Adams piece (impressed with the Adams 
name, warranted Staffordshire) — with 
charming design of flowers in a basket. 
No white background shows in this bowl, 
the surface being completely covered by 
the wealth of the floral pattern. Follow¬ 
ing this Adams bit is a bright blue and 
white sugar-bowl in the popular pictur¬ 
esque view design, so often found on the 
.Staffordshire pottery. The dainty little 
-round Canton piece comes in the middle of 
the lower shelf and is interesting for its 
very simple outlines, no handles, and blue 
mottled effect, white being used with the 
blue color and forming a plain part around 
the top of the bowl and a narrow ring 
around the knob. 
The Adams fruit pattern, which dis¬ 
tinguishes the next bowl, is a delight to the 
china hunter, and draws forth enthusiastic 
comment for its beauty of design of abun¬ 
dant fruitage, for here again, as in the 
other Adams piece, the background is en¬ 
tirely covered over by the luscious-looking 
fruit. The floral border, the cover setting 
down deep into the top of the bowl and 
the dark blue coloring make it a treasure 
indeed. 
The last sugar-bowl in the Baker’s 
Dozen is in pink and white and has the 
oddity in its top border of having the fox 
in the chase printed upside down, as can 
be seen by examining the illustration. 
This topsy-turvy printing is seen in hunt¬ 
ing scenes sometimes. The blaster of 
Hounds can be easily' discerned on his 
hunter in the foreground of the print. 
These thirteen designs have an intrinsic 
beauty besides an antique value, and may 
well be objects to be sought after by the 
amateur collector and lover of fine china 
ware. 
J. R. C. 
The artistic designs and coloring of these thirteen bowls render them particularly desirable. 
Flowers, fruit and landscapes are some of the subjects portrayed 
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