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House & Garden 
Being mainly giimpscs of fashionable faience which the 
House & (Iarden Shopping Service will gladly purchase 
for yon. Or the names of the shops will be supplied by 
the House & Garden Information Service, 445 Fourth 
Avenue, New York City. 
'Nationality. Italian; family, pottery; 
profession, a toater-carrier. Withal 
a most attractive hit for shelf or 
table. In green, blue or cream deco¬ 
rated in these colors. 13%" high. $3.50 
This black Della Robbia compote 
with decorations of fruit and gro¬ 
tesques seems a far cry from the soft 
blue Madonnas u'hich have made this 
pottery familiar to most of ns. With 
tvhite ground as well. high. $15 
Below is a charming latticed fruitery 
loith colored decorations, if one may 
so term the pair of engaging parrots, 
almost the rcason-for-being of the 
bowl itself. 81/V' diameter. $15 
To mention one of many possible 
utilities, this ivory ivhite Wedgwood 
fruit boiDl and plate makes a very 
decorative centerpiece for the dining¬ 
room table. 10" in diameter. $6 
There are compotes 
and compotes. 
A hove is a slender 
white one of Canti- 
galli pottery, xcith 
si en d e r white 
candlesticks 
to match. The com¬ 
pote is 17%" high, 
and costs $20. 
Candlesticks. 13" 
high: $12.50 a pair 
77ns timely illustration of the compote's first commandment. "Be 
fruitful and multiply" is of Della Robbia pottery. The large 
size is 7" in diameter and 4%" high; $3.50. The small size, 
which is 4" in diameter and high, comes for $1.50 
They are called covered bowls, these precise little tureens of 
Italian pottery, but they are far from the classic bowls of 
porridge and bread-and-milk memory. Green, blue or cream 
color, large size. 9" diameter. $5; small. 5" diameter, with plate. $2 
