Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-24
To Be Truly of the
Elect Today One
Chooses Something
Old for Wedding
Presents, and the
Duller They Are the
Better-Best of All
Is Genuine Shelf
field Plate.

HE June bride may have her
pathway to the church door
strewn with fresh flowers. but
her gift table will bear the
stamp of rare old age.
Never in the history of the trade has
there been such a demand for ANTIQUES
as wedding gifts
In New York city there are four solid
blocks of shops near the city's center,
popularity known as Antique avenue
The gift pre-eminent is a piece of genu-
inc Sheffield plate. which means that the
plating is done over copper. and the
bowl or lining is of glass in such colors
as modern blowers cannot reproduce
The Sheffield silver dates as far back
as 1893. its age and genuineness being
determined by the hall mark. placed
thereon by the English government. and
which is not in evidence in a spurious
piece of work
For Chicago bride there was recently
purchased. at fabulous price, a gravy
boat in Sheffield silver of 1893 date,
measuring six inches long, which has
that the whole piece suggests a swan in
miniature The whole is marvelously
chased and hammered. but black with
age.
are superb examples of repousse work,
and the glass bowls which fit into them
are in colors that defy description or
imitation. They are best described
rich cathedral tones Of crimson. blue
and yellow or orange, always suggest
ing sunlight filtering through them.
For a sum as low as SIS there may be
purchased q tiny bit Of Sheffield, known
as the jeweled church urn. 1t is no high
er than three inches. but the work is per-
feet and the jeweling admirable. One OF
ter as big as a small serving table. done
In filigree and repousse. with a heavy.
plain cover, oval shaped.
Silver necklaces Of various periods and
lands are also in demand. and they. too.
are black with age and defy modern
cleaning appliances The necklace must
be fiat in the form of links set at inter-
walls Of three or four with old-fashioned
jewels. topazes, emeralds. sapphires and
rubies.
In ceramics. blue crockery. either old
English or delft, Is in favor. But the
piece-and q single piece is the correct
and dull in tint. A crack. yellow with
age, is not considered a great drawback,
but rather stamps the dish with age and
service.
OF the big pieces. the quaintest are the
meat platters. which look as If they were
intended for serving baron and his re-
tainers. In the center is a deep hollow
for the roast or the steak. while in the
big scallops on each end is ample room
for supply of chops.
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Next come the candlesticks, as high as
the ordinary woman's heart, with candles
two inches in diameter. towering high
above f1r head. A pair of these make a
gift. and they are intended to stand guard
at each Side of a rooms entrance.
A quaint centerpiece is a dish which
might be intended for birthday cake
In its center Is a hole for the candle to
stand in, with dish below to catch the
sperm 1t melts Tiny candesticks with
standards, for all the world like cake or
naments, come for desks of curio cabi-
nets.
In mirrors the demand is for Florentine
frames. which shoot out two feet or more
like centipedes. For hanging these there
come old gold cords and tassels. dun with
age. Old furniture is not greatly in de-
mand for wedding gifts. though there is
brisk trade in colonial furnishings of all
sorts.