The Washington times., 1902-07-06

member of Braddock's army during the
French and Indian war.
Many Of the interesting articles con-
nected with this room have been taken
away for safe keeping, or loaned to the
Daughters of the Revolution. and among
such articles may be mentioned two
famous old engravings of General Wash
ington, one made in 1772. and the larger
and rarer engraving made in 1883 from
the painting of Washington by Gilbert
Stuart. There is a curious bit of his
tory connected with this larger and later
engraving made by James Heath. a
royal engraver of England. At the time
of the first printing from the engraved
plate, through some error the name OF
the painter was engraved on the plate as
| Gabriel Stuart. The mistake, however
was soon discovered. and the name ct
the painter corrected by the engraver,
but the copy belonging TO Clean Drinking
Manor contains the name of Gabriel
/ Stuart as the painter, and it is said that
there are only three copies of this
engraving containing this record in
existence.
In the living room of the Clean Drink
ing Manor is an antique cupboard which
contains such specimens of china, porce-
lain and glass as now remain at the
manor. The cupboard is of a plain pat
tern, and made from heavy mahogany
with double solid doors. Much OF the
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the manor was built, in 1850, and much
has found its way into different loan
collections, for Nicholas Jones, is not
| by any means a miser, and counts him
self only a custodian OF these articles
for the good of others, and II the loan
OF a choice piece OF porcelain to a mu-
scum will benefit more people than to
keep the article in his possession. his
duty Is plain, and there is no alterna-
tive.
Wedgewood Pitcher.
was shown the other day a rare old
pitcher of Wedgwood ware, made some
time prior to 1885, for Wedgwood por-
celain was made prior to that date. This
pitcher has a peculiar historic interest.
for it was not purchased in open market,
but made to order with other articles by
Wedgwood for the Coates family, and
contains in bas-relief the coat of arms
OF the Coates family. greyhound stand
ing near Z bush OF blooming roses. The
handle of the pitcher is formed from the
slender body of the greyhound, whose
nose is bent just over the inner rim Of
the pitcher. This peculiar form of pitch
er seems to have been very much in
vogue at that time. for have seen other
examples of Wedgwood porcelain with
the same greyhound handles.
Another interesting pitcher, although
OF smaller size. is one of Sevres porca-
lain. richly ornamented in gilt, OF the
period of the first Napoleon, and al
though of a severely simple pattern
there is about it an appearance of rich
ness that is unmistakable. and If yod
should find any ware of this kind on
bargain counter you would invariably
become suspicious ald scrutinize it
closely TO discover II it as damaged.
Equally as interesting and much rarer
is curiously decorated plate of Chi
nese porcelain dating from the period
of the Ming dynasty. and when we call
TO mind that the Ming dynasty fiourished
during the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries, and that Clean Drinking Man
or has been held since 1850, we feel that
this antique plate belongs to the time
of the manor. although from distant
part of the globe.
Other interesting relics of the Colo