90 
KERAMIC STUDIO 
THE COLLECTOR 
OLD CHINA FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE 
( When pieces are sent t 
sent on approval 
Proof pieces must 
wear. Perfect pieces 
traces of wear must be 
express, expressage is paid by buyer. When piet 
id returned, return expressage is also paid by buyer 
be absolutely perfect and show 
ust be perfect not only in cor 
ery slight and not injure the piec 
practically i 
chips, repa 
arked discolo 
All c 
atk 
n tcbes 
st be r 
STAFFORDSHIRE 
Alms House platter, 17-inch, fine condition, - - \ 
Upper Ferry Bridge platter, crack shows little, fine color, 
Erie Canal plate, Utica inscription, perfect, 
Capitol at Washington (Stevenson, vine leaf border), 10-inch, crack 
inside of rim looks fire crack, fine color, 
Octagon Church, Boston, soup, 10-inch plate, perfect, 
Dam and Water Works, Philadelphia, 10-inch proof plate (side wheels) 
Another, soup, 10-inch, proof plate, ----- 
Escape of the Mouse (Wilkie), 10-inch proof plate, 
Playing at Draught (Wilkie), 10-inch soup, small chip rep., 
Valentine (Wilkie), 10-inch plate, perfect, 
Baltimore Court House, 8-inch, small chip rep., 
Anti-Slavery plate, 9^-inch, - 
Transylvania University, 9^-inch plate, good color, 
Upper Ferry Bridge, 9-inch proof plate, 
City Hall (Ridgway), 10-inch, perfect, - 
Philadelphia Library, 8-inch, - 
Winter View of Pittsfield, 9-inch, perfect, - 
Fairmount Park, near Philadelphia, 10-inch, good condition, 
Erie Canal at Buffalo, red plate, 10-inch, piece broken and rep., shows 
little, fine color, _...-. 
States plate, 6^2-inch, perfect, - 
Chateau Ermenonville, 10-inch, perfect, 
Lafayette at tomb of Franklin, cup and saucer, perfect, 
Girl at Well cup and saucer, perfect, large size, 
Christmas Eve. (Wilkie) cup and saucer, perfect, large size, 
Soup tureen, 15-inch wide, dark blue, floral decoration, very fine, 
Caledonian pink soup plate, 10-inch, Highlander in center, perfect, 
LUSTRHS 
Copper lustre pitcher, 6-inch, medallions, game of battledore and shut- 
tlecock, fine, ------- 
Copper lustre goblet, 4^-inch, yellow band, fine piece, 
Copper lustre pitcher, 4- inch, raised decoration on blue, odd shape, 
Another, raised figures on blue, 4-1'nch, fine piece, 
Another, 3^-inch, raised flowers, no band, rare, 
Another, 5-1'nch, pink lustre band, short crack on edge, 
Another, 5^-inch, band in polychrome sections, fine, - 
Another, 3,^-inch, flowers on white band, - - - - 
Another, 4-inch, raised decoration on blue, dark lustre, 
Copper lustre mug, raised dec. on blue, slight crack on edge 
Another, 4-inch, yellow band, - - - 
Copper lustre salt cellar, decoration on while band, 
Staffordshire pitcher, pink lustre band on border, green ground, black 
medallions with battles of ships, United States and Macedonian, 
Enterprise and Boxer (Bentley, Weare & Bourne, engravers, Shel- 
ton) slight crack on spout, - 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Lowestoft set, tea pot, sugar bowl, creamer, 1 cup and saucer, armorial 
decoration, fine condition, - 
Another, single flower dec, tea pot, sugar bowl, creamer, two cups 
and saucers, fine condition, - - - - - 
Lowestoft sugar bowl, crack and small chip, floral decoration, 
Lowestoft 9-inch plate, scalloped edge, perfect, - 
Twelve Apostle pitcher (Chas. Meigh) date 1842, small repair on edge, 
shows little, fine and rare, - 
Old pitcher, cream ground, figures in blue in relief, animal's head 
spout, slight repair on edge, - - - - - 
New Hail porcelain tea pot, marked New Hall, flowers in brilliant 
colors, spout restored, ------ 
546.00 
35.00 
45.00 
32.00 
20.00 
20.00 
16.00 
20.00 
14.00 
13.00 
18.00 
18 00 
17.00 
12.50 
12.00 
12.00 
10.00 
8.00 
6.00 
6.00 
7.00 
4.50 
4.00 
5-50 
12.00 
2.00 
40.00 
26.00 
2.75 
2.50 
18.00 
6 00 
6.00 
WE find such a wide spread interest in our old china 
department that we have decided to make some im- 
portant changes for the benefit of collectors. Many collect- 
ors, who are not interested in china decoration, have objected 
to paying $3.50 a year for a Magazine which contained only 
two or three pages of value to them, and for this class of sub- 
scribers the need of a special and cheaper publication is 
obvious. On the other hand, we find that a number of our 
readers, without being collectors, are interested in old china 
in a general way, and the suppression of this department in 
Keramic Studio would be a loss to them. 
In order to satisfy these two classes of subscribers, we 
will continue our Collector department as before in Keramic 
Studio. Besides, we will make a special issue of The COL- 
LECTOR every month for the benefit of lovers of old china 
who are not interested in the other departments of KERAMIC 
Studio. This special issue will begin with our October 
number and will be out the last days of September. The sub- 
scription price will be $1.00 a year. 
Subscribers will have the right as before to list pieces for 
sale, but we find that these exchange sales, in which we sell 
the china of a subscriber to another, without any returns 
whatever, involve a good deal of trouble and expense. Most 
of this china passes through our hands, has to be packed and 
shipped, and it may be, in some cases, returned to us and left 
on our hands. Although our main object is to extend our 
subscription list among collectors, it seems only fair that a 
commission should be charged to the seller, to cover our ex- 
penses and risks. This commission will be moderate and will 
be agreed upon between the seller and ourselves. We will 
have also to reserve the right of refusing to list pieces which 
will be offered at prices which we will consider excessive and 
above value. 
A remittance in full must accompany orders for old china. 
Expressage is paid by buyer. All pieces which are not found 
satisfactory can be returned to us and money will be refunded 
at once, but expressage is at the expense of the party who 
returns them. 
KERAMIC STUDIO has subscribers in every State and 
almost every County in the Union. A great many live in 
small towns in the Eastern States, and although old china is 
not found as easily and cheaply as it was a few years ago, 
there are yet good opportunities to pick up pieces at prices 
leaving a margin of profit. Many people who have not the 
means to collect on a large scale, manage to gradually gather 
a valuable collection at a comparatively small cost, by picking 
up china in the country and selling part of it. If purchases 
are made with discrimination, the profit on pieces sold goes a 
long way toward paying for pieces kept. Correspondence is 
solicited from all people who are in a position to secure old 
china in the country. 
000 
LUSTRES ON OLD ENGLISH PORCELAIN 
AMONG the wares most interesting to collectors of Anglo- 
American china, outside of historical pieces, are the old 
lustres. Most of them are found on pottery of every kind 
and description without marks, and in most cases impossible 
to identify. This is especially true of the copper lustre 
pitchers and mugs, and silver lustre tea sets, which are found 
in so large quantities and on so many different bodies that it 
is evident that this style of decoration was profusely used by 
a large number of the old English potters. Some of these 
lustre wares can be identified by the paste, for instance the 
lustres of the Leeds district, with the characteristic very light 
