The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-12
ESTHER
GRIFFIN
v HITE


Twelfth Street, has in her possession,
a piece of old china that is the envy
of local connoisseurs and would be
the envied of great collectors and the
managers of galleries and public mu-
seums had they knowledge that such
an object Of art was to be found IN
this country. The bit Of hina in
question is one Of the famous "Corn-
wallis Jugs which are exceedingly
rare and hard to get, their being but
one pair in this country to the knowl-
edge of collectors, this mentioned in
the account below, taken from ''The
Old China Book by N. Hudson
Moore and published by the Freder-
lex A. Stokes Company.
Gan extremely choice and valuable
piece of old copper lustre is shown in
Figs. 121 and 122. 1t is called the
CORVALLIS jug and comes under the
head of historic. On one side is
shown the surrender Of CORVALLIS,
and though we have seen that the
English potter was not very sensitive
when he came to depicting our VIC
tories, yet in this case, he endeavored
to smooth matters over w hen he put
on the inscription. 1t reads, Corn
wallis resigning his sword at York
town, October 18th, 17S1.' 'Surren-
dering' was an unpalatable word. On
the other side is portrait of Lafay-
cite with a laurel crown held above
his head by two figures, representing,
no doubt, Victory and Fame.
"All of these CORVALLIS Jugs are
fine and hard to get. This one, in
addition to the historical interest con-
nected with it, has a personal history
which makes it doubly valuable. 1t is
one of a pair brought frof England,
son after the Revolutionary war by
a Mr.. Dangerfeld, of Fredericksburg,
Virginia. who was an officer in our
army The pair of jugs remained IN
his family for three generations and
have just been sold; the one shown
going to grace a collection Of one hum
bred and forty jugs held in Nir-
ginia, and the other one being given
to the Virginia Room at Mt. Vernon
as a present from the school children
of Virginia. 1898 In every way these
jugs are admirable-shape, proper
ton, color and decoration. They are
far in advance, in certain noble SIM
plicity, of many Of the present day
shapes, out Of which it is almost i'm
possible to pour without spilling the
liquid.'
The Jug owned by Mrs. Morgan
was given to her by Mrs. France
Morgan before her recent death, a
pair of these CORVALLIS Jugs having
been in Mr.. Morgan's family for owe,
one hundred years, belonging origin
ally to his grandmother, Madame
League, of Baltimore. Mrs. Morgan's
Jug is an exact replica of the illustra
ton in "The Old China Book an(
is in fine condition, without a nicl
or spot. The only other pair known
to collectors, aside from the one abov,
referred to, is in a public museum il
England. So that Mrs. Morgan is il
the possession of an exceedingly rar
and valuable object Of art, and it i
interesting to know that such piec
of china is held in Richmond.
The Craftsman for August has tn
following interesting table Of con
tents:
Observation-Disclosures Aspect,
julius F. Harder. "The Apple
Arts in the Paris Salon of 1904,
translated by Irene Sargent: eth
FRANCISCAN Missions Of the Sout
West, Number VII" GA Japanes
Collection in America" "Japanes
Bronzes;' "German Exhibit at tn
Louisiana Purchase Exhibition b
Mr.. Gustav Stickley, Editor of eth
Craftsman; "Thoughts upon Mod
ern Industrial Art:' "The Excus
for Ugliness;'' With plans flo
"Craftsman Houses, Nos. VIII an
VIIIa.' All would do we'll to read tn
article by Mr.. Sticky upon the Gel
man Exhibition at st. Louis as it
one of the most interesting so far az
pearing. The articles on japanese ar
are illuminating as there is so niue
vagueness as to what really const:
tutes genuine japanese "art,' YER
little that is really valuable bein