The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-04-14

&aAxs0 States ca their best customers
and their factories are running over
time IN order that there may ha pro
duced sufficient specimens OF the old
and unique to supply the American
trmde. Some s9s000.o00 worth Of old
tapestries were TO be delivered in this
e9uasry before Christmas day that the
buyer living ander the stars ANA
Stripes may satisfy HIS artistic long.
tnss and point proudly to things said
70 have one time belonged 20 house
holds which were modern about the
esme that charlemagna was the 20
likfcal boss OF the world
The antique business is not confined
to tapestries 1t has assumed alarm
Ing proportions in almost every other
line. Il has become so widespread
fhak the legitimate dealers ara already
suffering. for the cunning makers OF
&ne spurious articles have done their
work 70 deity that tbs casual observ-
eg cannot detect the difference. A /
brass ships lantern made Ia London \
In the early nineteenth century at /
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an egg-boiler Of the first empire st
*12-50. until you discover modern ma
fsrial therein bought a ane specf-
men Of dagger in Spanish colony
nnd was nightly pleased with it I'M
III one day the handle slipped OF and
found the mark showing Il to be con
ssrucfed OF American cast steel An
odd Bit Of cotton cloth picked up In
Aayt1 Was also q valued possession ,
until learned that 1t was made In
New England ana shipped to the black ! q
republic In order that il might return I n
to the United States In the hands OF d
such unsuspecting purchasers as my
self So widespread is the fraud Der =
petrated BY INSCRIPTIONS dealers and r,
80 continuing Is the imposition upon I
collectors who essay TO pick up old Il
silver. china and period furniture In II
Tbs United Kingdom and continental n
Europe that the United States Depart
ment OF Ccmpaeree and Labor Is warn- 81
ING Americans in its publications to AZ
beware or the frauds 90
One Of the crazes affected BIZ some Fl
Americans just at present is the col Tile
ecEton OF miniatures and decorated 81
nnN and match boxes. These and so
lmilar articles are manufactured By ed
eft and dextsrous copyists and are cal
0Ad BY the gross to dealers who rep tbs
'sent them to be, genuine. II the deal
happens to be q European devotfng cor
q time and attention to the Amsri- oV.
"a tourist trade. The manufacturer II
80 ships these articles TO this coun- mil
y for sale on their merits as copies wa
originals. ma
T0id marks on china are praefie- gin
" meaningless tn this day Of subter- gin
Sc and fraud. The amateur collect less
Of china should beware Of the oily 7
aler In Europe Genuine examples few
Dresden. Chelsea. Worcester or do
Nv are worth more than their cial
light In gold. Many pieces pur- Eng
ased because Of their refined deco 70
lion and simple gliding and because fact
~ bore the golden anchor have -
med out to be fakes produced By
Unknown firms on the continent
en- examples Of more recent china
I pottery. early nineteenth century -
re, as Derby. Worcester, spode
ABORT and Rockingham china and
dgwood, spode. Mason and other
teries are faxed and sold at exor-
mt prices as genuine These do
especially attract the collector, but
! are freely bought by travellers.
here Is way. however, Of protect
ones SELF Expert advice may be
hi and written guarantee de-
ded. TINS English courts have
!, quite recently. that II q false de-
'tion Of an antique is given in an
ice, the purchaser is entitled to
recovery. Amy evasion. or hesfta-
on the part OF dealer 70 give
a guaranty may usually be &C.
q as token Of his dishonesty.
rgery Of old English silver Ia not
non, owing 70 fear Of the law. So
ication Of haIl-marks In Great H%
I'm is hazardous occupation.
again, the almost prohfbftfve
Of old English silver confines its
base to the wealthy. However.
are takers who win remove a
1858 - -Acitt any oi4 UfL OF silver M
tile value and insert # into
Of modern manufacture far
, an immense price may be OBJ
d. For these. Americans are
Who viii pay sbout twenty times
cal value.
estlsations By United States con.
abroad show that IN Holland old
!, cabinets. desks and chairs Of
value are collected. and. after m
Yeneered with cheaply made M
ietry, are sent to England. Old
cams from demolished churches
raneFies are likewise in constant
d FOR conversion into Jacobean M
~ tables and Queen Anne fur
Mid-Victorian pedestal side
are amputated into specimens
'eTt Adam, and conventional ia m
table for Sheraton furniture "a "s
By machlnery and supplied in s
lantsty 10 those who have tha s~~. -
a.