Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-14

1rlcnd oi mine, who Is n cOnnoisseur
was unchlns with another frin"' the
other day, on purpose to see som. won
derfnl old glass she had picked up
soiled and dusty, from hack shelf in
small country shop. The whole Of II
was wrong, but the connoiscur wisely
refrained from saying SO, for, as lie
said To me after luncheon. 81 hadn't
the heart to tell her it's wrong; for,
after all, it's no business of mine, and
You don't so out to luncheon to crab
your hostess favoriie things"
SILK pictures and old nccdlcwOril
samples arc clcvcrly initiated over in
Germany. and the would-bo collector
should if he is novice. pause thought
fully before the sampler worked in
faded oldworld shades, and signed by
Hannah Brown. remember that if any
one got his or her just due, it should,
in reality, he signed by FranIcin
Braun!
"Old'' stained glass is another we'll.
known success fake" and is made by
The box in Paris, where stained glass;
panels, with ''coais-ofarms," cost
seven or eight francs. and fetch two
3nlncas when brought over here.
My collector friend, who had n beau
tifnl piece OF genuine stained glass.
and was negotiating with Il dealer in
Paris To sell il to him for two g,lincaS
ana half. giving, of course, n guaran-
teen received n letter from the would
be purchaser, saying: 81 can get doZ-
ems of these here for francs each. -
and my friend wrote back and said :
All right; please send me two gross at
oncc--bnl kindly guarantee each
piece" Needless to say, he is still
awaiting the order to he fulfiellcd.
Lowcstoft china is largely copied
over in Paris, and saw bowl sold
the other day at an auction sale which
fetched three pounds, twelve shillings
and sixpencc. and which my collector
told me was wrong, and could not have
cost more than 81 francs.
Today jugs. COPIES of old Stafford
shire warc)--dcar old reminiscent,
suggesting Toby j'Igs-arc imported
freely from Belgium, and those who
wish to collect anything so truly
hidcous MS Toby jug should he wisely
advised, take an expert with them,
both when they visit the dealer or an
auction sale. My friend once had Il
rare stroke of lnck with Il genuine
Toby jug in perfect condition. which
iie Sccufeu III Il private sale Tor three
shillings and sixpcnce. MS there were
only two local dealers in the room and
they both mistooli II for forgery
certain Paris maker of old English
china. a man whose name is n byworl
in every sale room in England, is said
to have made over half million out
of imitation gcnuincs." He gives
large sums of money nov and again
for genuine piece he has carefully
copied, and he sends people over to the
museums here 10 photograph especial
pieces for copying purposes. This man
evidently relies. with conslmmatc
faith, on tho truth of Carlyle's criti-
cism OH his own c0untrymen, when he
said they were mostly fools"
The Chelsea gold anchor mark pro.
vihes great scope for initiative talent,
and people often show a forgery to
my friend with the proud comment:
Ut has the real gold anchor mark on
the bnck." AS to other frauds the
market Is flooded with bronze and sill
vcr cluster jugs" anu luster plates.
and cream ewers. their intrinsic val.
ne hcing from sixpence to three shil-
lings each. These fetch large prices