February, 
1913 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
'.color fine. The English view was used 
because it fitted the space. The bulk of 
this blue ware was made between 1820-40, 
and that marked R. S. W. was prior to 
1834, when the mark was Ralph Steven¬ 
son and Sons. Only three of these plat¬ 
ters have come within my knowledge, and 
I should hesitate to place a value on them, 
; since the phenomenal prices brought at 
the Deforest sale in 1912 exceeded all 
previous records. 
This pattern is among the choicest examples of 
“Old Blue” 
On the plate shown with the four medal¬ 
lions the arrangement of heads is different, 
Jefferson comes first, then “Welcome La¬ 
fayette, the Nation’s Guest,” followed by 
“President Washington.” and “Governor 
Clinton.” The view in the center' is 
“Niagara,” at least it is so denominated 
on the back, where in addition to the im¬ 
pressed name, Stevenson, is an urn with 
the name Niagara on it in blue.' While 
this view is found on both nine and ten 
inch plates without the medallions, when 
r the medallions are present the plates are 
ten inch. The position of the medallions 
varies on different specimens, some almost 
entirely obscuring the house and falls. 
.The position of the medallions varies on dif¬ 
ferent specimens 
The view at the base is the “Entrance of 
the Erie. .Canal into the Hudson at 
Albany,” not nearly so often used as the 
Rochester view. The value of this plate 
i? limited only bv the eagerness of the 
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PLUMBING 
FIXTURES 
Genuine "Standard" fixtures for the Home 
and for Schools, Office Buildings, Public- 
Institutions, etc., are identified by the 
Green and Gold Label, with the exception 
of one brand of baths bearing the Red and 
Black Label, which, while of the first 
quality of manufacture, have a slightly 
thinner enameling, and thus meet the re- 
Standard cSamtar.© TDfg. Co 
Dept. 40 . PITTSBURGH, PA. 
Hamilton, Can., 20-28 Jackson St. W. 
London, 57-60 Holbom Viaduct, E. C. 
Houston, Tex., Preston & Smith Sts. 
Washington, D. C., Southern Bldg. 
Toledo. Ohio, 311-321 Erie Street 
Ft. Worth, Tex., Front & Jones Sts. 
Cincinnati, 633 Walnut Street 
Nashville, 315 Tenth Avenue, So. 
NewOrleans.Baronne&St.JosephSts 
Montreal Can., 215 Coristine Bldg. 
Boston. John Hancock Bldg. 
Louisville, 319-23 W. Main Street 
Cleveland, 648 Huron Road, S. E. 
New York, 35 West 31st Street 
Chicago, 900 S. Michigan Ave. 
Philadelphia. 1128 Walnut Street 
Toronto Can., 59 Richmond St. E 
Pittsburgh, 106 Federal Street 
St. Louis, 100 N. Fourth Street 
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