The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-09
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IN of Fashion.
were two sauceboats. engraved by Ho-
garth for the celebrated silversmith.
Paul l-amerie. There were four wonder
full candlestickS, having upon them the
English crest ana some odd notices. and
these We're made as far back as 1893.
There was full teaset, Il queer little
wine funnel. which was credited with bt-
ing engraved by Hogarth, a two-handled
cup that had Il stand and Il cover. ana
II wonderful beer mug, made in London
in Jig and originally the property Of Il
member of a Becfstcak Club which used
TO meet in Fleet street, and among whose
members were many well-known and IT,
tied men. bitterly opposed to the admin
stration of the then Prime Minister Wal
pole The motto of the club. Beef and
Liberty" and Long Live the King"
are engraved on the face of the mug.
The second chest had queer old Irish salt
cellars, such as the silversmiths made in
the time of George H., pair of wonder
full tea caddies. such as were used by
good Queen Anne; a wine faster one and
one-haf inches in diameter, chased and
glided and made in London in 1860
There were many sorts of bon-bon dishes,
punch bowls. salad bowls. cake baskets,
fruit baskets. salad bowls, cake baskets
fruit baskets, fruit dishes. and a curious
old potato ring, an article unknown in
this country. entirely of Irish use and
manufacture. and made in Dublin moi
later than 100 The third chest had all
sorts of small pieces of silver-those IA
nous pistol-handed knives of the tim,
of George H., spoons to suit each course
with the rat-tail handles, no end of forks
of the early English period, five apostle
spoons of 1861, and one apostle spoon of
! 1926.
COLLECTING ODD SILVER.
1t is possible that you are not as much
interested in old silver as l am. Take
my advice. then, and do not permit your
self to yield to the desire for possessing
those dear old spoons that were made
by hand, and about which many a ro-
nance can be woven. Then, too, if your
fad is collecting old silver, you will find
yourself the not thoroughly happy pos
SCISSOR of spoons, forks or watches that
are undated. You may feel in your bones
/ that they are made in the early part OF
the Sixteenth Century, but in absolute
contradiction to your bones, your com.
mon sense will tell you that they were
probably made in this country, and are
merely clever limitations. This is one OF
the sorrows of a collector. Another is
hat If you go to a bric-a-brac auction you
you will bid against your most intimate
friend hating her intensely for the time
being, for an apostle spoon which you can
duplicate six times. The popularity of
the silver collector is that she not only
wants a spoon or small piece of each
period, but that she objects to anybody
else having a duplicate. The collector
is very much of dog in the manager; but
she pays more for her hay than the dog
ever did for his. Then, too women never
really seem to entirely grasp the value
of certain marks, and no woman likes to
go chasing around to dingy old shops, or
equally dingy auction rooms, carrying
book on silver marks that Will prove
that the auctioneer is a little easy as far
as truth-telling goes.
L suppose it would be impossible to be
absolutely truthful and an auctioneer at
the same time. Personally, do not OBJ
Ject to auctioneers. l suppose they have
a right to live; but / have never quite
understood why l can't get some of the
wonderful bargains that other women tell
about. have never even had an oppor-
tunity to bid on Dresden China tea set
worth $3.50 that goes for $10-that's al
ways the other woman's luck. Perhaps
going to auctions has the same effect
on the buyers that selling the goods does
on the auctioneers-it makes the con-
science little lack.
If / thought that was the result,
don't believe would ever go to another
auction. But what's the use of saying
that! l am simply writing myself down
a female Annanias, for while auctions
fascinate, and / have either money or
credit, l shall probably be sold by the
auctioneer with the same courtesy that
he sells the wonderful curios. think we
women rather like to be made fools Of
1t suggests that man has had to interfere
that nature did not cause this state Of
affairs to exist in the beginning. Well.
there is safety just now for the collec-
tor. For when the springtime comes
there are no important auction sales, and
none of those fascinating circulars are
delivered by the postman to lead where
she should not go her who is addressed as
Bah.