The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-11
RARE ART SEEN AT
AMERICAN GALLERY
Association Opens It's Doors
for New Season With Three
Fine Displays.
SALES BEGIN NEXT WEEK

The american Art Association opened
IL. door, for the season yesterday and
,,,,ed ON public view three separate
-, collect ions. The laces and embroid-
.,ss Will nc sold November Is and 10
,bo antique silver, belonging to George
,.boruc l.udkin. will be sold November
- and the old china and glass OF DIR.
Pleasant Hunter on November ~. 10
and 90.
The interesting collection OF china
armed by the Newark connoisseur, Or.
pleasant Hunter, fills two of the asso-
cations galleries. 1t has been cata-
.oeued 10y Dr. Hunter, who has had
,be assistance of Dr. Edwin Atlee Bar
,er. director OF tne Pennsylvania MI
scum.
pr Hunters porcelains have also re.
.eiyed valuable assistance from their
present ms aliation. Miss r.. II. Lorenz
=, the association having classified them
n /. manner that not only maxi them
Ioubly instructive to students but adds
% their beauty. The groups OF rare
aare.. such as Whieldon. Turner, Wedg-
.ood and soft paste Lowestoft have
casss to themselves aud make An uncom-
monty effective ensemble.
The Whieldon Glnses.
The Whieldon glazes are notified. usu.
NIL, green and brown or yellow and
brown. There are some animal forms
IN these Whleldon glazes, such u horse
and A rabbit. cornucopia wall vases and
other quaint decorative forms. Among
the important pieces are some rare tea.
tots, some platters In the cauliiiower
des.gn and a rare tureen and cover.
Among the noticeable pieces OF Wedg-
wood are a pair OF pot pourri vases with
a modelled festoon and dragon decora-
Ion in brown and white. a posy holder
with perforated lid and an openwork
haske, ami tray. Among the specimens
II Turner ware are also some posy
holders, a large teapot with classical
sgures In white relief on brown glazed
ground, a pitcher with a medallion OF
,eorge III and Chatsworth House
tainted upon a panel In front. lozengt
.hapei telpots with exquisite reliefs In
he panels and a pair OF pitchers with
hunting scenes.
There are large groups OF copper
crushed strawberry and silver lustres
With all sorts of attractive designs and
u'ten with quaint notices or bits OF
poetry upon them an Ebers teapot OF
red stone ware with applied lie q
ahip and floral set in Leeds ware and
soft paste Lowestoft and the ~so-called
Chinese Lowestoft.
Not the least interesting in DR.
Hunters collection is the extensive
slowing OF old glass. which includ "a
.-.zt No., ,..na- .,l ,,,a.h nj.
milk white glass. A bottle in this
mix white glass. which has a fora
decoration and the Goa of arms Of the
Swiss family Rodner. is said to be
the only one of It's kind In existence.
The old silver which Mr.. Rudkir
spen, over twenty years In collectinl
Includes much George II. and Georg,
III ware. trays. tea caddies, sugar bas'
kets, creamers. tankards. vases. snufi
boxes, urus and spoons. The spoons are
N all shapes and sizes, adapted to al
Uses and date from many periods.
Wauack Vase on View.
One Of the silver vases is known a.
me "Wallack" vase m was presented
10 J W. Wallack by the actors at
'ached TO his theatre. Among the names
FhN NtOi NV ~ 49, ~
Brougham. +. Bangs. Charles J. Par
sloc, Theodore Moss. J. Mast, Josephine
Hoey. A. de Forrest and Lester Wallack
The lace collection embraces speci,
mems Of both antique and MODERN r
nanst'p and belongs to an estate o
which Miss \. q. Larter n Miss Il. NJ
Kendall are legatees.
The laces are In many patterns ant
styles and completely MI W large gal
cries. There are many fans with lac
u classic patterns. lace umbrellas. col
.ars, handkerohiefs. founces. Brusseli
yeIls. Irish head wells and shawls.
There are included In this sale a mum
Der OF embroidered shawls of unusua
beauty. These are OF Cashmere ant
Chinese workmanship. There are ais
a number of Paisley shawls. camel
hair shawls OF seventeenth century Per
SIAN manufacture. and Spanish. Frenci
AMI Venetian shawls.
\ bodice in this collection made o
white. transparent gauze hat is muc'
hefounced il said to have been worl
by no les a parsonage thar Jenny LIND
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