KHRAMIC STUDIO 
19 
THE COLLECTOR 
OLD CHINA FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE BY SUBSCRIBERS 
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express, 
expressage is paid by buyer.) 
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p. c. — perfect condition. 
rep. — repaired. 
g. c — good condition. 
cr. — cracked. 
t. c— fair condition. 
eh — chipped (state number of chips) 
p. g.— perfect glaze or color. 
sm. ch. — small chips (use onlyfor ver 
g. g.— good glaze or color. 
small chips which do no 
1 g.— fair glaze or color. 
spoil + he piece). 
b. g. — bad glaze or color. 
br. x. — broken, piece missing. 
sen— scratched. 
br. 0. — broken, can be repaired. 
In front of the eagle is another escutcheon with the fifteen 
stars and a ribbon scroll bearing the motto, " E pluribus 
unum." 
The history of this plate is that it was found in a wreck 
off Cape Ann, Mass., at the beginning of this century, and 
was one of the very few pieces found in good condition. As 
STAFFORDSHIRE 
Erie Canal, Dewitt Clinton, plate, 8^-inch, fine specimen, - $32.00 
Another, 8^-inch, slight crack on edge, - - - 20.00 
Anti-Slavery plate, 9^-inch, p. c. and g., - - - - 25.00 
Union Line Steamboat, dark blue plate, 9-inch, p. c, - 20.00 
City of Albany, dark blue plate, 10-inch, crack on one side. - 18.00 
Landing of Lafayette, dark blue plate, io-inch, p. c. and g., - 15.00 
States plate, 10-inch, fine color and glaze, rep., - - - 8.50 
Escape of the Mouse ( Wilkie), dark blue plate, 10-inch, rep., fine color, 12.00 
Commodore McDonough's Victory, dark blue plate, 7^-inch, p. c. 
and g., ------- - 10.00 
Hudson River, black platter (Clews), 10 x 11, g. c, - - 5.00 
Lake George, pink platter, 10 x 11, 2 chips, - - - 2.50 
Caledonian deep plate, io inch, pink, p. c, and g., - - 2.00 
5 Pastimes plates, as illustrated, lot, - 5.00 
LUSTRHS 
Silver lustre sugar bowl and creamer, g. c, - - - $10.00 
Silver lustre bowl, 6^-inch diameter, g. c, fine lustre, - 8.00 
Copper lustre pitcher, 5 inches high, i^-pint, flowers on white band at 
top, g. c, - - 3.50 
Copper lustre creamer, 3^-inch, polychrome dec. on white band, g. c, 2.50 
Cup and saucer, flower dec. in lustres, - - - - 1.00 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Swansea porcelain tea set (date 1800 to 1820), tea pot, sugar, creamer, 
6 cups and saucers, pink lustre border, black medallions, g. c, 18 00 
Lowestoft cup and saucer, ------ 2.50 
Another, -------- 2.25 
Lowestoft 9-inch plate, scalloped edge, gold and red dec, p. c, - 3.00 
Lowestoft sugar bowl and cover, slighter, on edge. - - 5.50 
Another, cr., and one small chip, ----- 3,50 
Lowestoft helmet creamer, perfect, 4-inch, - - - 6.50 
Old Worcester plate, Chinese mark, birds in center, cobalt blue border 
perfect, ------- I0 . o 
Delft polychrome placque, very good specimen, - - - 8.00 
Delft blue and white plate, 9 inch, - - - 2.00 
Delft polychrome plate, 9 inch, - 2.50 
Another chipped, ------- T.50 
Our exchange column is open free of charge to subscribers. Prom subscribers 
only we will also be pleased to receive orders for special specimens, and will try to 
fill the orders in New York shops, at or inside of limits given, charging only 10 per 
cent, commission on purchases. 
We advise subscribers 'who list old china for sale to consign the pieces to 
us, "when possible, as it 'will make sale easier, they paying express charges. 
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LIVERPOOL PLATES 
IN our December number Mr. Edwin A. Barber wrote an 
illustrated article on Liverpool plates and platters. These 
are of great interest to collectors because of their rarity, most 
of the black prints on Liverpool ware being found on pitchers 
and bowls. By courtesy of one of our subscribers, Mrs. Chas. 
Keeler, we give here the photograph of another remarkable 
plate, Washington's Tomb. This subject had been found be- 
fore on pitchers, but we think it is the first time that it is 
mentioned on a plate. In the background is the tomb with 
the plainly legible inscription, " Sacred to the memory of 
Washington." In the middle of the plate the figure of Fame 
is seen running, carrying in one hand an olive branch, in the 
other the escutcheon of the United States with the fifteen 
stars. In the foreground the American eagle raises its head. 
will be seen on the photograph, notwithstanding slight 
scratches and chips, it is well preserved, the black print in 
the center being remarkably clear and good. On the back of 
the plate is the impressed mark " Herculaneum." Most of 
these Liverpool pieces bearing American subjects were sent to 
this country in 1804 and following years. 
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WEDGWOOD OR WEDGEWOOD? 
THE name of Josiah Wedgwood is inseparable from the 
history of pottery, but to the average mind is always 
associated with the variously colored specimens, usually blue, 
bearing white figures in relief. In the history of the potter's 
art no man is better known nor has the life of any other potter 
been more thoroughly written. As a worker, thinker and 
artist he has a pre-eminent place, and there is little in his life 
that is not worthy of study and imitation. He has always 
been an inspiration to the artist and an encouragement to the 
man who works at the potter's wheel. There is no progress 
without failure and no success without experiment, but to the 
observer it looks as though Josiah Wedgwood attempted 
little that did not bring forth fruitful results. This is easily ac- 
counted for by the fact that he mixed his clay with brains, 
and was not contented until he had achieved the best. In 
his very earliest experiments no piece was allowed to pass 
from his hands unless the modeling was perfect. In observ- 
ing the work of other men of his times and later we can but 
admire a spirit that tolerated only the best, and allowed no 
faulty pieces to pass from his works. During the life of this 
man no seconds passed out of the pottery. The great variety 
in his work came from the restless mind of the thinker which 
always reaches forward to new results. His scientific inquiry 
is brought out in correspondence and his friends soon learned 
that his comparatively narrow field of art was broadened by a 
philosophical mind. He gained his results by personal effort. 
The Wedgwood collector soon learns that the most familiar 
