The times., 1899-09-10
Big FORTUNES IN China
Famous Porcelain Collections Here
and Abroad.
Queen Victoria's Ware Mt Windsor
Castle Is EnIned at One and One
Halt Million Do1Inrs-Nr-. Bradley
Martins Everyday Plates Cost
si73 Each-osher Costly Collections

NEW YORK, Sept. 9,-The Rothschilds.
the Queen. and Lord Dudley own between
them most Of the finest Sevres ware in
England
/ The most famous OF Lord DudIey's Sew
res is a sarni,ure de eheminee for which
he gave $4,000, and it said that house
maid broke one OF the pieces the day after
its arrival at Dudley House Lord Dudley
q few years ago had a sale OF some OF his
| porceiains.
| The collection OF Pompadour and Dubar-
~ Seyres. as II is sometimes tyIed. in the
possession of Queen Victoria. has been val
ued by experts at much over a quarter OF
a million dollars And yet there are only
small number OF pieces. these are dis
played at Windsor Castle. In the long gal
lery. where her majesty usually receives
her guests before dinner. One and one
half million dollars Is said to be the value
| OF the Queens porcelain
The value Of old Sevres porcelain is en-
HANGED by the fact that ever since the
foundation OF the foundry an exact register
has been kept Of all sales. Probably the
most extensive sale ever made was that
in iIIS TO the Empress Catharine OF Rus
sia. who paid for a service Of 754 pieces
a sum OF $4,000. which Is equivalent TO
about 100000 at the present day. One
hundred and sixty pieces OF this service
were stolen during a eonhagTafion OF the
palace. and found their way to England.
where they were purchased by the famous
collector. Beckford. But with few excep-
tions they we're repurchased by the En-
peror Nicholas and conveyed back to Rus
sia just before the outbreak OF the Cri-
mean war.
Prices that appear absolutely prsposter-
Gus are given tor Sevres china CT the
Fompadour period which dates from
1I5S to 1763; for that OF the Louis XII
period. which dates from 1868 TO 1885,
end ior tnat OF the Louis XVI epoch
dating from 1856 to 1890
1t is nothing-s50o or 81. coo apiece TO-.
a Sevres cup and saucer. or a small pail or
plate-that is. nothing to q RotnschsIi
or royalty.
The finest collection of Sevres in Ameri-
ca belonged to Governor Lyon. OF Idaho.
It was sold at his death. and one vase was
purchased by Mrs Ayres. OF New York.
for $1,000.
\ New York lady. Mrs. Arthur N.
Dodge, has some Sevres plates similar 70
tne famous Chateau plates at Fcntaine-
eleau. She has also some delightful ex-
amples of the old English ware, Spode.
which was only made at first for rOya!
and dueal families. and was a great lux
uFy- Cabbage roses is a faYoTirs PATTERN
Of the Spode ware, or some set pattern
of deep blue. Mrs. Dodge has a tpte-a-
tete tea service of Spode decorated with
the cabbage roses. She has some Nyou
cups and saueers-this ware is marked
with fish. because the factory is situated
on Lake Geneva.
Mrs Alfred Duane Pell is a collector OF
fine china. and several specimens of a.
PetersbuTgh ware are treasured by her
This is the only European factory which
never sells piece of china, as everything
manufactured is reserved by the Car and
CzaTlna for royal presents IL was found
ed by the Empress Catharine. Some of
Mrs Peil's Russian porcelain is OF a late
date, notably q plate made in 1881 Other
treasures are copies of the Prince OF Wales
Minton service, in use on his royal yacht
Osborne They bear naval designs and the
three feathers and motto Mrs Peii also
mas copies. in Minton. of Queen Yietoria's
buckingham Palace service. The decora-
tons are the rose. shamrock, and thistle
a crown, and the initials " R., within a
wreath Of roses.
Many multi -millionaires prize Minton
ware to the extent of paying s., T23 apiece
for plates. plate Of plain gold costs lust
about as much. For S1365O one can buy
crown derby plate which will answer
everyday purposes
Mrs Bradley Martin eats her Mondsy
dinners from plates costing somewhere
about Slt5 eaea. Of course she has baffer
porcelain than this. indeed she possesses
a large cabinet of china of great historical
value
Mrs Pierpont Mergans choice is for Chi
-l1,- ar.fr,
pared with any others so beautiful are
they so their admirers claim They are as
thin as paper, as brilliant as a mirror and
as sonoTouS as metal. Mrs Morgan has
many examples OF that most popular of
Patterns-the one we all can talk glibly
about-the willow pattern. This is on what
is called Turner's Caughley porcelain. The
romantic story is always favorite Of the
cruel father who lived in q pagOda; the
armed knight. the maiden fair. an eIop-
ment. stern parent in pursuit and finally
peace, plenty. and happy days under a blue
tree on the other side of the plate.
Royal was bestowed upon the Wor-
cester porcelains when Queen Charlotte. on
her visit to the factory, with George H.
ordered service; the pattern, by the way
for this particular service was q lily. Mrs
William Astor's favorite porcelain is WoF-
ce5ter ware
Apropos of the terms porcelain and china
The latter is only shopping English. and
when you become a collector and can talk
intelligently on the subject, you forswear
china and say porcelain altogether and all
the time; 1t is more artistic and aesthetic
OF Dresden ware Mrs Joseph Drexel has
a fine collection. including many specimens
of the Marcolini period-about 1876. Ch0c-
oiate pots of different shapes are among
the choice bits of the collection
Mrs. Levi p Morton is said 10 have one
Of the most expensive dinner services OF
Dresden in this country.
Roses and forget -me-nots are the usual
Dresden patterns The mark is two cross
ed swords in blue.
There are but four places in the world
where one can be perfectly safe from de-
ception in buying Dresden porcelain. These
are the salesrOom connected with the fac
tory, the royal porcelain depotS in Lsipsic
and in Dresden, and a small shop also in
Dresden which is permitted TO keep de-
fective specimens for sale. Once = year
there is an auction somewhere in Saxony
where defective specimens ('+schnitz'D can
be procured: in all. five places where you
are sure of what you are purchasing
In regard to the White House China. that
ordered by Mrs. Hayes in 1879 was the
nest elaborate and expensive. costing So
eco. which was paid by the GOverrs lent
\ few duplicate sets were made Of this
china During Lineoln's tire two sets of
china we're made for the White House.
pieces Of one service now belongs
to AIRS. Dickins. Pieces of both sets have
been scattered among pubic and private
collections throughout this country and in
Europe.
A New Wrinkle for wrinkles.
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