The Anaconda standard., 1899-12-06
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Pells Russian porcelain is of late date,
notably a plate made in 1881. Other
treasures are copies of the Prince of
Wales Minto service, in use on his
royal yacht Osborne. They bear naval
designs and the three feathers and the
motto. Mrs Pell also has copies in
Minton of Queen Victorias Bucking-
ham palace service The decorations
are the rose, shamrock and thistle; a
I crown and the initials v. r. with a
wreath of roses.
Many multimillionaires prize Milton
ware to the extent of raging $2,729
| apiece for plates. A plate of plain gold
| costs just about as much For $1365o
one can buy a crown derby plate, which
will answer every day purposes.
Mrs. Bradley Martin eats her Mon
day dinners from plates costing some
where about $175 each; of course, she
has better porcelain than this; indeed,
she possesses a large cabinet of china
or great historical value.
Mrs. Pierpont Morgans choice is for
Chlnese porcelains, which are not to be
compared with any others, so beautiful
the they, so their admirers claim. They
are as thin as paper, as brilliant as a
mirror and as sonorous as metal. Mrs
morgan has many examples of that
most popular of patterns-the one we
can talk glibly about-the willow pat
Caughley porcelain. The romantic story
is always favorite of the cruel faith
er who lived in a pagoda; the armed
knight the maiden fair, an elopement,
stern father in pursuit and finally
peace, plenty and happy days under a
blue tree on the other side of the plate.
Royal was bestowed on the Wor-
cester porcelain when Queen Charlotte
on her visit to the factory with George
II. ordered a service; the pattern BY
the way, for this particular service was
lily. Mrs. William ltstor's favorite
porcelain is Worcester ware.
Apropos of the terms porcelain and
china, the latter is only Shopping
English and when you become a collec-
tor and can talk intelligently on the
subject you forswear china and say
porcelain altogether and all the time:
1t is more artistic and esthetic.
OF Dresden ware Mrs. Joseph Drexel
has a fine collection, including many
specimens OF the Marcolini period
about 1896 Chocolate pots of different
shapes are among the choice bits of the
collection.
Mrs. Levi P. Morton is said to have
one of the most expensive dinner ser
vices of Dresden in this country
Roses and forget-me-nots are the
usual Dresden patterns. The mark is
two crossed swords in blue.
Inefe are Dut TOUR places IN the WOflu
where once can be perfectly safe from
deception in buying. Dresden porcelain.
These are the salesroom connected with
the factory, the royal porcelain depots
in Leipsic and in Dresden, and a small
shop also in Dresden which is permit
ted to keep defective specimens for
sale. Once a year there is an auction
somewhere in SaXCny, where defective
specimens-"sc schintz''-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 most elaborate and expensive, cost
ang $4,000, which was paid by the gov
ernment, A few duplicate sets were
made of this china. During President
Iincoln's time two sets of china were
made for the white house. Sixty-one
pieces of one service now belong to Mrs.
Diekins. Pieces of both sets have scat