Telegram-herald., 1890-02-18
CHINA THAT Is OSTLY.
Rare sad BssustfsI things IA tns
Cersnnic Worsa
wonea ~as Cslasst sssres. DEsse~a- W
sssa. Itzssses $40 ssrcsstsx ware
whssa Nay FAsGtoa fs4es In
Yorsslsias Fblaxs ost 90 styis.

fas love 0f nns ehins - born ana bred
In women
II Is srue tbat George " Cniles has
hxed % cups and saucers ss nttlng
gifts for especially favored visitors but
n Childs we're women he wouldn't
store ais treasures In . chest. be would
put Up shelves sbOas the ssde IN his
oe5cs and set them out 20 view. Neither.
unless As were an exceptional woman.
would be give hem away Lamb drew
the line at roast pig ! believe women
wsald draw il az china
When the French oriceFs who fought
in our war wished 90 make gift 20
Martha Wsshington they offered her
ssyres service. There never would
have been Ssvres factory IL Nine de
Pom pad0ur had not eoaxed Louis kV.
70 establish il and 20 adOrn IL with gar
dens. fountains and groves believe
the White House service is not highly
thought OF. but Mrs. Hayes was q china
lover II not china critic when she en-
couraged Bennet - design 10 and deco
rate it with American flowers, fishes
and birds Mrs Cleveland has pretty
taste in china and Is little of col
lectOr, and Mrs. Harrison is an enthusi-
ast in the same line. Women are
among the shrewdest and most know
ing bu yers at the sales OF old china: ii
is with laees, fans, Nernis Martin.
miniatures and pictures, one of tho few
branches OF am mateurship they excel In.
Was is not woman, Mrs. Morgan. who
gave els. 900 for the peach blow vase?
IL was = woman. Mrs. Marie Longworth
Storer, who established the Lockwood
pottery At Cincinnati, whose exhibit at
the French Exposition was pronounced
remarkable, and was bought up eagerly
by French potters for imitation. IL was
another woman, Miss Louise McLaugh-
I'm, who originated the method of un-
derglare painting there employed. Mrs.
Frackleton, OF Milwaukee, an author
ess Of some note, is at the head OF
china decorating factory The best gas
kiln for decorators use is a womsn's
invention. The sex which has It's hand
in dish water 100 times year preserves
in spite OF this disenchanting fact a
most tender interest in chinas. the most
fragile and yet the most enduring OF
human possessions.
Sevres is the most costly of modern
wares. When a hostess of the Four
Hundred serves tea in it she has reached
the summit of elegant hospitality.
- paid $500 for the dozen," pro-
claimed portly lady whose wealth has
not lost its fine edge of novelty, as she
poured the fragrant souchong for her
fsvorite nephew one afternoon this
winter.
Then let me tell you, aunt, they're
not genuine; you can't buy Sevres at
thatfgure."
Pray, Mr.. lmpertinence. why can't
I?'
Last summer while was in Paris 7
thought ] would surprise you. so I ran
out to the factory al Sevres, meaning to
buy some after-dinner coffee cups from
first hands.
Good boy -
What were the prices, do You sup.
pose ?"
Eighty or one hundred dollars
dozen. probably"
six hundred dollars a dozen for
quite plain ones and so per cent. i'm
aunt, did not invest my savings"
Next morning the portly lady's
brougham stopped before a large es-
tablishment and the portly lady
alight ted. In an irascible temper. Are
those cups you sold me genuine
Sevres p
Really. madsme'-
Are they Sevres p
"If you press me, they 60 by that
name, and they are very beautiful
ware. decorated in Sevres patterns. but
they were made in Paris. There's
practically no real Sevres in the mar
ket."
Smash package in the lsdy's
hands was hurled violently to the floor,
shlvering its contents and making,
with the picturesque language which
attended the demolition, an interesting
little incident which will be remem-
bered long in the annals of china shop
ping.
There is great deal Of Sevres-ware
owned in New York though little is now
sold One OF the finest Sevres dinner
services IN the country belongs TO the
Astor family. Il contains 400 pieces
and was bought by John Jacob Astor
many years ago IL cost s5. 900. but con-
noisseurs say IL would sell for s25. 900 at
the present time. Tho decoration is
simple but very effective. IL has =
border OF the rare turquoise blue shade.
edged with gold. Mrs. Hicks-Lord h a.
some very valuable Sevres. and SO. sell
dom ss he entertains. has jay Gould.
The finest sevrss 20 be Rad for money
dates from the time % Louis XVI or Of
Napoleon T. There IA an old French
family in the city that has some beau
uful pieces 81 Napoleon china. which.
though IL "a far from wealthy. Il would
,hiuk e sacrilege - part from. Ons or
two fns pieces % Napoleon china rsr.
sold n the BARLOW collection. China
turned ont at the ssvres factory under
TIE repu hlic Il not "a good sS form sriy.
but In spite - this the prices are almost
p-ohibitorT. S50a Tor \ single cup being
not unususL The outputs verv 81 all
snd though Sevres will always be .
name - coaisrs ~ith. the Gernsa
ehinas are nov especially in vogue
The Dresden chinas hit ths taste fcr
realism. ths designs are Sc quaint. he
drawings - simple and homelika. ard
cor rfortshis ard the exact tnt %
ths voilsts. sr8 roses. snd hvacIn ~
ard .ulirs sad forget n1e-nots sni
dsisies a a. iaithfullY preserved
There = psciisr ehsrr- sboat Drss-
dsn risces sspse allY IN fgrrss ard %