The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-10
FREsCOED WITH CHINA.

and he founu It so profitable,-not so
much in his actual sales at the sum-
mer resort as in the after returns when
he followed his surest victims back to
the city-that men engaged in other
branches of business started summer
stores and patiently waited until the
winter for their harvests.
Women are so busy during the win
ter season that they have no time to
wander about searching for the relies
OF Pilgrim Fathers and early Dutch
| settlers which are accumulated by deal
ers in the antique. But, in the summer,
when they grow weary of sea-bathing,
and driving, and the other stock sum-
mer amusements, it is restful and fas-
cinating to drop into those queer little
shops with all their dear, old-fashion-
ed china ware and disabled mahogany
furniture" that the dealer assures you
he can Fix up nicely for you, madame,
and send to your city home, if you will
| only leave your address,
"Your address, There's the secret
of his success, for he also gives you
his, and when you come back to the
city you hunt him up, for you must
have two or three of those old blue
platters to brighten up the dining room
that looks so dark and sombre after
a three months residence in a bright
summer cottage.
The craze for blue and white porce-
lain as decoration has reached such a
height that there isn't enough of the
old-fashiOned kind to satisfy it, and the
dealers have been compelled to import
| large quantities of Delft ware from
Holland to keep up with the demand
This ware comes in a number of diff
ferent shapes. One can have mantel
entirely covered with tiles in blue and
white, or simply decorated with vases
or other little pieces.
The love for the azure porcelain has
shown itself in the fact that represen-
tatiOns in blue and white are framed
and hung on the wall like an etching
or an oil painting. l priced one which
was about two feet long and fifteen
inches wide representing a couple of
French soldiers in full uniform. done in
blue and white Delft ware and franz
ed in unpublished oak. This makes q
beautiful dining room wall piece, and
its price compares favora bly, with that
of good etching of the same size. An
other picture that was MADE up of six
separate tiles welded together and
framed was marked one hundred and
ten dollars. A single Delft tile of eight
inches square costs four dollars, but
while the fad is on there are plenty
who will pay it.
One of the most charming pieces on
sale is the Delft clock. 1t comes in
two sizes, one about ten inches high
and four wide, which can be had for
S14. 1t is much prettier than the
French clock, and has taken the place
of that long suffering veteran as Il
wedding present. A larger size which
is about sixteen inches high and six
wide can be had for little more than
double the price.
Plaques in the same circular tint
are hung on the wall in the same way
as those painted ones were used
Il few seasons ago. One cannot have
too many china lamps, and if they can
be blue and white calico patterns, so
much the better.
Such china decoration is especially
fitted for blue boudoirs, on account of
its color. but it is not confined to any
such seclusion by any means. The
really artistic are not content with the
late impOrta tons of china ware, but
insist upon having nothing but family
relics with which to ornament their
walls and mantels.
One collector who owns about thous-
and pieces of old New England china
has fairly covered the walls and cell
ings of two rooms with plates and
platters in blue and white. Shelf upon
shelf is filed with jugs and pitchers.
and on the wall plates are fastened up
by means of hooks made for the pur-
pose. Even the ceiling is frescoed
with china platters. AS a spectacular
decoration, merely, this lot of china is
very valuable. But the owners interest
centers in the fact that each separate
piece has history of it's own.
Notwithstanding the fact that nearly
every piece of blue china was made in
England, the representations printed