The San Francisco call., 1899-10-01

lector. Beckford. But with few excep-
ttons they were repurchased by the En-
peror Nicholas and conveyed back TO
Russia just before the outbreak OF the
Crimean war.
Prices that appear absolutely prepos-
terous are given for Sevres china of the
"Pompadour period" which dates from
1853 to 1853: for that of the Louis XII
period" which dates from 1863 to 1856,
and for that of Louis XVI epoch" dat
ing from 1856 to 1870.
It is nothing-$500 or $1,000 apiece for
Sevres cup and saucer, or a small pail or
a plate-that is, nothing to Rothschild
or a royalty.
America belonged to Governor Lyon OF
Idaho; it was sold at his death. and one
vase was purchased by Mrs. Ayres of
A New York lady, Mrs Arthur NJ
Dodge, has some Sevres plate similar to
the famous Chanteau plates at Fontalne-
bleau. She has also some delightful ex-
amples of the old English ware Spode,
which was only made at first for royal
and ducal families, and was great
luxury Cabbage roses is q favorrte pat
tern of the Spode ware, or some set"
pattern of deep blue. Mrs. Dodge has
tete-a-tete tea service of Spode decorated
with the cabbage roses. She has some
Nyon cups and saucers. This ware is
marked with a fish because the factory
is situated on Lake Geneva
Mrs. Alfred Duane Pell is a collector Of
Petersburg ware are treasured by her.
This Is the only European factory which
never sells piece of china, as everything
manufactured is reserved by the Gar and
Czartna for royal presents. 1t was found
ed by the Empress Catherine. Some of
Mrs. Pell's Russian porcelain is of a late
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.
MinT0n
Victorias Buckingham Palace service.
The decorations are the rose, shamrock
and thistle; crown and the Initials
V. R., within a wreath Of roses.
Many multi-millionaires prize Minton
ware TO the extent of paying S2729 apiece
for plates. plate of plain gold costs
buy crown derby plate which will an
swer everyday purposes
Mrs. Bradley Martin eats her Monday
dinners from plates costing somewhere
about s175 each; of course, she has better
porcelain than this. indeed she possesses
a large cabinet of china Of great historical
value.
Mrs. Pierpont Morgan's choice is for
Chinese porcelains, which are not TO be
compared with any others, so beautiful
are they, so their admirers claim They
are as thin as paper, as brilliant as mir
ror and as sonorous as metal Mrs. Nor
gan has many examples of that most pop
ular of patterns-the one we can talk glib
ly about-the willow pattern. This is on
what Is called Turner's Caughley porce-
lain. The romantic story is always ia
vorite of the cruel father who lived in a
pagoda; the armed knight, the maiden
fair. an elopement, stern parent in pur-
suit and finally peace, plenty and happy
days under blue tree on the other side
of the plate
Royal was bestowed upon the worces.
ter porcelains when Queen Charlotte on
her visit to the factory with George III
ordered service; the pattern, by the
way for this particular service was a lily.
Mrs. William Astor's favorite porcelain is
Worcester ware.
Apropos Of the terms porcelain and