Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-16

Cullen q Newman. OF Knoxville. One
OF the Best China. Glass and
QueeRsware Houses I'm the
United States

turesome branches of trade as those of
other sections. 1 Though there may
be in the main some truth in this, yet
We have among US some merchants
who are the equals of those of any
State or country in skill, training or
enterprise. We wish in this issue to
allude particularly to the firm of Cul.
len & Newman, who represent the
China, Glass and Queensware business
in this section of the country.
This trade is not like some others in
which firm can embark, and without
necessary loss learn as they GO on.
Here thorough apprenticeship, and a
full knowledge of all details, how to
buy, sell, handle and ship, is indispen-
sable to avert utter ruin, and while the
universal demand for this class OF
goods makes the business very salts
factory one when well under way, 1t is
one OF the most hazardous to originate.
Messrs. Cullen & Newman are
Southern men who went North to
learn their trade, and VIII; they be-
came masters of II Ic.urned here to
give US the benefit o. their capital and
training. They have established in
our city a house which has no superb
riOrs in their line, and whose success is
now fully established. Indeed, with
their superior system, failure was im-
possible. They have a large house
here, filled with samples of all their
goods for the inspection of buyers
from ali the Southern States, and
stock for the small dealers Of Eat
Tennessee. Their main dealings are
with the better class of merchants in
the larger cities. For this trade they
have established warehouses in New
York and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
the former for foreign erockery, china
and porcelain, the latter for the glass.
ware manufactured at that place. The
orders are taken here and the goods
shipped in the unbroken packages
from New York and Pittsburgh, and
sometimes from board ship, not being
landed until they reach their final
destination. By this system the house
saves the numerous expenses required
to carry on a business in the metropo-
lie, and has all the advantages of low |
freights, and no handling, no packing, !
no breakage, that can be |
claimed fer any New York concern,
and saves their customers the heavy
item IF trip 10 the East. A member
of The firm makes annually two trips
to ara; h eft, and as orders must be given
ahead, the fall stock is purchased in
and the spriag stock in
autumn. This stock fills four wide,
deep floors The basement is stored
with heavy goods, crates IF granite,
etc. The first floor, packed 10 its ut
most capacity with ile ror-s iaiE and
French glassware, orLaMsn.td china,
statuettes, and fiaahing siiverware, is
one Of the most beautiful store rooms
The second fl }Or con-
tains i .srge variety OF toys and fancy
goods, ami the third floor holds the
glasswa!e. Ia toys this firm bring
very lar e variety, introducing all the
uoveltis- 2s soon as produced by the
tireless ingenuity of the many in
ventOrs in this line. The selection of
these goods requires great amount of
taste, as the styles are innumeTable,
and demands judgment in rejecting
the worthless. Here we also find a
bountiful display of vases, toilet sets,
ststuary, 6ric,a.brac, Majolica ware,
now very stylish, aud so many beauti-
full house and mantei ornaments
that il would confuse our readers
to have them enumerated. In
statuary this house keeps Rogers
groups, Parian marble, and other
some sale here, but we could wish that
our people were more disposed to
adorn their r, oms with these beautiful
works of art. In the North the de-
nand is so much greater as to defy
In our walk through the first floor
We were struck with a brilliant display
IF plated silver ware, elegantly etched
md frosted, consisting of knives,
orks, spoons, butter dishes, water and
.ea se,s, casters, epergnes and all the
1ecessaries or ornaments to table.
These goods by the new process of
electro plating, by which all of Cullen
L NeWman's wares are made, are rap
dly driving solid silver ware from the
market, and even the wealthiest are 7
'orced to buy the plated by the exqui-
lite designs brought out by the manu-
acturers, while as the plated ware
asts a life time and is never distin>
,uishsble from the solid, it is the only
Kind in use by the general public.
Magnificent chandeliers for church
s, opera>houses and halls depend from
he ceiling, and this branch includes 0
Inc and common lamps of every
hape and pattern, and all good pat
nts of students and safety lamps.
The main department of this house n
) necessarily China and glassware, n
nd here they can show a variety, tt
rom the cheapest granite to the finest b
China and French cut glass Ii
Tare, unexcelled by any house. Their II
usiness has made rapid strides, each 81
ear, until il has overrun the entire 81
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