The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
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class R~eprsductious OF Ola Dutch
ana R1enish ware.

ana Rlen,ish ware.
Table furnishings that arc much in demand
for country houses, on those occasions when
formality Is put aside In favor OF a good time,
are tho reproductions In Bohemian glass of the
quaint old wedding cups. tobacco jars, tea
caddies, drinking mugs, &c, treasured In the
museums of old Flemish and German cities.
Each fagon or jar or caddy has n characters
tic picture on It. done in colors, and the date
and particular sign manual OF the Government
factory It was made in. or, rather. that Its pro-
totype was made in. One tall, fIat.sided speci-
men, with o cover like q cooked hat, has as a
centre piece q Flemish picture Of an old-time
tailor and his wife riding upon goats tailor
wise, and bearing all tho implements of their
trade before them. They have on vermilion
colored garments and the wife particularly,
looks in face and figure as though sbo might
have been tho verltable old woman who aspired
to sweep the cobwobs from tho sky. Tho goats
are square up.and-down and archaic.looking,
with as much Of an eyc.to-the-main-chance OK.
preston as their riders. This article, which
might DO used as a rose jar, tobacco jar,
or tea caddy, has the date 1912" stamped
on 1t in decorative characters. and any one
who can look at It without smiling must
certainly BIO OF a grave disposition. AS a
companion piece there Is a wedding cup
formed SO that two people can drink from
1t at once. The original is in tho museum
at Munich, and is $50 years old or more. When
not in use the tall goblet stands bottom up with
tiny beil;shaEed drinking cup In her appraised
arms. This little cup, is made to swing round
wine It can be pulled out and filled likewise for
the benefit OF a conEenial companion. This FUN
provoking device is very popular with goias.
spirit, of the moment. The cup within, the cup
and china figure. all told. cost $I4; The glass
A quaint, octagon.shaped vase has the, pic;
tured figure Of a Dutch skipper Of stout build
II. F.'' and 1902, The coloring on ali tho pieces
Is crude, OF the downright blues and greens and
rods that prodominate in old.fashioned ware.
of arms and escutcheons. long since obsolete.
pictured on them. and underneath there will DO
wrought out in red or blue. Some that have
two handles are painted with epigrams, or
For the most part those having pictures are
the most interesting, because. of the garb and
of a man and woman dancing are etched out.o on
some ancient looking rose water Jars, intended
more grotesquem mugs have herons. %pelicans. and
quaint birds represented as engaged In every
and no suggestion Of elegance about any Of
these things; they get their value from the ex-
we're patterned a from. Many Of the originals RiaeI were c
not glass at all. but were made in porcelain or
fine pottery. few specimens are in the British
Museum, but all are OF Dutch or Flemish extrac-
tion and that Is probably why the men and women
look SO solemn and atthe same time so quizzi;
hats and look out Of such square.windowed.
dummy houses. All the notices banded around
the rim, or up and down tho handle. or on the
lid are of homely flavor, setting forth some
well-known adage. Beer is unequivocally rec
commended in all these fowery sayings Its
virtues are dilated on. and the additional ad-
vantages Of clean and thrifty housekeeping
and of possessing n good character and a good
wife and other world-famous desirables are
dwelt on. The pictures on these new-old fur
nishings are eloquent enough without the APP
pended words. and it is doubtful II tho country
cups and fill their pipes from the tobacco Jars
and their glasses from tho tall fagons allow
their RaYctY.