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No. 1— Staffordshire, Black Print: N. Y. Hospital, Columbia College, 
Court House, Boston. 
THE COLLECTOR 
A FEW ODD CUPS AND SAUCERS 
MANY collectors, not having the desire or the means to 
make an extensive collection of old china, confine them- 
selves to some specialty, either some special ware, or some 
special pieces, such as pitchers, cup plates, tea pots, cups and 
saucers. This is a good policy and more collectors ought to 
follow it. Nothing is more unsatisfactory than a collection of 
perhaps 75, 100 or 150 pieces of all kinds and description, 
while the same amount of money spent on pitchers for in- 
stance, or cup plates, or tea pots, would probably make a 
select and extremely interesting lot. The most valuable col- 
lection for American collectors is now and will probably always 
be the historical china, especially the dark blue plates and 
platters; but this ware has already reached such prices that it 
is impossible for people of moderate means to hope to ever 
have anything like a large collection. Would it not be better 
for them in such a case to confine themselves to a specialty? 
All the illustrations in this article except the pottery 
Temperance and America cups, are from a very interesting 
collection of cups and saucers made by Mr. A. H. Godsmark 
of Rochester. Although Mr. Godsmark has practically all the 
valuable dark blue historical cups, such as Landing of Lafayette, 
McDonough Victory, Boston Harbor, Mount Vernon, etc.. 
we have left these well known pieces out of our article, and 
give illustrations only of cups which may not all be of great 
value, but are less known than the others and all make an in- 
teresting addition to a collection of this kind. 
No. 3— Staffordshire, Black Print: Temperance. 
The first cup is considered by Mr. Godsmark as his best 
piece and is undoubtedly very rare. On the saucer is a view 
of Court House, Boston; on one side of the cup, Columbia 
College; on the other side, N. Y. Hospital. The ware is 
Staffordshire, although of a somewhat different paste from the 
dark blue, the glaze being white with creamy tint instead 
of the bluish glaze found on the dark blue. The decorations 
are printed in black. 
No. 2— Staffordshire, Black Print: Mount Verno 
No. 4— Bone Porcelain, Purple Print, Copper Lustre Bands: Temperance. 
Of the same ware are our illustrations No. 2 and 3, also 
printed in black. No. 2 is a view of Mount Vernon very similar 
to the view found in dark blue. No. 3 is a Temperance cup 
bearing the same mottos and medallions as the little plate 
illustrated on back of cover of "Old CHINA," both [plate and 
cup being rather rare. On each side of a shield stand two 
figures holding banners on which are written the words 
" Sobriety" and " Domestic Comfort." Above the shield the 
motto "Firm as a Rock," and below "Be thou faithful unto 
death," On the shield itself are the words " Industry, Free- 
dom, Plenty, Health, Wealth, Wisdom." 
The temperance cup No. 4 is of entirely different 
ware, being a part of one of these porcelain tea sets dec- 
orated with lustres, which have been supposed by some 
to be of Swansea make, but are probably Staffordshire 
