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Third, antiques should never be bought simply ' because they are antiques, without regard to intrinsic beauty. If you look long enough and pay enough, you can secure beautiful things. Permit nothing ugly in your home, no matter how old it is. Fourth, use discretion in the selection of styles. f Let the pieces harmonize with each other, with the decorations of the rooms, with the whole house. Don't crowd in together a lot of Italian and Spanish [487] THE LURE or THE ANTIQUE and Chinese and Dutch and Turkish antiques. Don't make an old curidsity-shop out of your heme. Postscript. Collectors and pundiasers of antiques will find valuable information on the subj«:t of the trafHc in bt^us antiques in a. recent bulletin of the Bureau of Manufactures, Department of Commerce and Labor, Washington, D. C. It is No. 3644, dated November 24, 1909, and may be had on re- quest. It deals lai^ly with the trade in England and Scotland, but it is of interest not only to such Americans as go abroad for purchases, but to those who buy of American dealers, for large quantities of these counterfeits are being exported each year to this country. [488] INDEX I INDEX Theasleritk Andirons, 453-457, 4^2, ♦465, ♦469 Antiques : Best styles for American homes, 19 BoUetin of Bureau of Manu- factures on traffic in bo- gus antiques, 488 Faking, 467-^88 Georgian chairs and pie-crust tables faked more than other furniture, 480 "Glorified" furniture, 476, 48J Guaranteed pieces, 484, 485 Proper use of, 15, 23 Reproductions, use of, 16 Should be a means and not an end, 21 Truth about antique furni- ture, 467-488 Values, 20 (See also names of antique articles) Bedsteads : Adam, *98, 107 American-made, 112, 113, *"5 Cabriole legs and ball-and- claw feet, 106, 11 1 Carving, 1800-1840, in Chippendale, 106 Couch-beds, 102 Counterfeit antique, 114 Cradles, 113 Cupboard or press-beds, 103 Earty English movable bed m middle of floor, heavily curtained, 100 Empire four-posters, 108 an illiismtioD* Bedsteads: (Continued) Field-bed, 105, 106 Four-posters : Carving, in Development of, loi Large posts indicate late manufacture, iii Low-posters, 112, 115, ♦iis No two exactly alike, 105 Georgian period, 102, 106, 108 Hepoelwhite, *98, 107 Jacobean, loi •ion's foot, after 1800, in Low-posters, 112, 115, ♦iij Mount Vernon, bed m which Washington died, 105 Nineteenth-century, early ones rare and valuable^ 100 Prices, 98, 103, no, 115, 117 Queen Anne, loi, 102, 113 Sheraton, 107, '^iio Sleigh-bed, 113, *iis Steps, use of, 112 Stuart period, loi Tent-beds, ♦loj, 105, 106 Testers, in Trundle-beds, 113 Tudor period, loi Bottles, *308, 325, 329, sy^ *33l Brass and copper: American make, 437 Brass utensils, 441, 442 Cleaning, 442, 445 Coffee-pot, *439 Copper utensils, 438 Jackson, Jonathan, a famous New England brazier. Ke toes, * 432, *439 [491] INDEX Brass and comer : (Continued) Ladle amd skimmers, ^443 Milk-can, ^443 Pipkins designed by Chip- pendale, Heppelwhite, and Sheraton, 442 Prices, 432, 435. 439. 443. 445 Russian ware, 434. *435 Trivets, ^43^ 441 Candles, making of, 177 Candlesticks. (See Laumpsand candlesticks) Chairs: American : Early. 42. 45 Empire fashions, 53 Nineteenth-century, early, 53. S4 English : gji^ctcnstics of his style, 45. 47 Copies of his work, 46 Pntch type, *3^, 47 Early designs, 45 Gothic and Chinese fea- tures. ♦jg, 48 Uddcr-back. *3$, 48 Out of fashion in 1789, Cromwellian, *26, 30 Dutch cabriole or bandy- leg, forerunner of Chippendale, 40 Elizabethan, *26, 29 Georgian, 45-55 Grandmother's or wing- chairs, 42 Heppelwhite, *43, 45, 51 Inoe,5i [ 49^ ] Chairs : English: (Contmued) Manwaring, 51 Mayhcw, 51 Queen Anne types, ♦31, 34- 41.45 Roundabout, Queen Anne r^, 35. 41 Sheraton, *43, 45, 52 Slat-back, Queen Anne, o *^'' 35 Stuart, 32 Cromwellian, develop- ment of, 33 Dutch features, 34 Flemish type, *26^ 33 Spanish type, 34 Turned-wood, 28 Wainscot, *26, 29 Walnut period, 30 ^.•*u' seventeenth and Fren^?'""''^'' ««tarics. 26 Characteristics, s7 Empire. 53 ^-^ Louis Xfv, 27 Louis XV, 26 l^uisXVI,28 lUhan, seventeenth and cirii-. tecnth centuries, 26 Spanish, seventeenth and TT ,^?^t«cnth centuries, 28 Underbracing, an indication Chamber m Smith home. ^474 aock-makers, F. J. Britta?s list of, 133 gock-Makers' Guild, 119 American-made, 137-145 Banjo clocks. ♦135, *i4o^ Ives, Joseph, 143 Miniature grandfather clocks, 141 INDEX Qocks: Americtn-fiude : (Continued) Terry's clocks, 142-145 Thomas, Seth, and Silas Hoadley, 143 Willard docks, 138, ^140, 143 Yankee clocks, 142 Bracket or pedestal clock, 131 Britten, R J., "Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers," 133 Chimes, *i2i, 131 Date of manufacture, how to determine, 133 Early history, 119 English : Adam, 133 Bird-cage, lantern, or bed- post clock, 120, 123 Chime clock, *I2Z Chippendale styles, 132 Qement long-case clocks, 127 Dutch marquetry on long- case clocks, 126 Fretwork of bird-cage clocks, 123 Gibbons's design on long- case clocks, 130 Grandfather clocks, 124, ♦126-130 ierome, Chauncey, 143 lantel clocks, *i2i Miniature clocks, early, 131 Pendulum, long, invented by Richard Harris in 1641, 123 Sheepshead clock, 124 Sheraton, 133 Tompion long-case clocks, 127 French, 133-137 Hand, one, at first, 119, 123, J30 Prices, 121, 126, 135, 140, 146 Tompion, Thomas, a London clock-maker, 124 Collectors : Advice to the amateur, 10, 19, 24. 55, 467, 485 Dealers in the antique, 13, 14, 468,484 Hints for guidance of pur- chaser, 485-488 Questions asked by the ama- teur, 10 Truth about antique furni- ture, 467-488 Copper. (See Brass and copper) Cornwallis jug, 25^ Counterfeiting antique furni- ture, 467-488 Cradles, 113 Cup-plates, glass, 330 Cut glass, *3o8, 320, 324 Decanters and bottles, ^308, ♦318, ♦321, 325» 330, *33i Desks and secretaries: American : Bureau-desks, 60 Desk with tambour top, 64 Post-Revolutionary, 63 Scrutoirs, *57, 59 Secretary of 1820, 63, *477 English : Box-desks of seventeenth century, 56, *57 Bureau-desk, the forerun- ner of the secretary, 61, *65 Chippendale, 62 Dutch features, early eigh- teenth-century, 60 Heppel white, *ii, 62 Ince, 62 Mayhew, 62 Queen Anne tsrpe of desk box and drawer, 59 Scrutoirs invented in 1660, 56, 59; between 1750 and 1780, 61 Sheraton, 62 French desks, S9i 61, 63, ^477 [493] INDEX Desks and secretaries : French; (Continugd) Prices, n, 57,64,65 Drinking-glasses, ♦311, 319-3^5 Electroplating, invention of, 413 Fakes and faking, 467-488 Fireplaces : Andirons or fire-dogs, 453- 457. 46a, *465. ^469 Back-log, 449 Bellows, 454 Fenders, 458^ ^465 Furnishings, early, of iron, r. -♦54 ^ Grates, jox Iron firebacks, 450 Lug-pole and the iron crane, 464 Mantels and chimneypieces, ^61, 4IS2 Old-iashioned, 446, 449, 450, _ *4SI-4S3. *456, *4D0 Ovens, 464 Prices for andirons and fire- sets, 463, 465* 469 Shovels and tongrs, 454, 457 Flaxman, John, 231, 237 Franklin stove, 4^ *400 Frog mug, 268 Girandoles, ^^169, '^iSo^ 182, 185, 186 Glassware : American : Bottles, decorated, 329, 330, *33i Cup-plates, 330 Early ware, 314, 326 Eighteenth-century, 327, 328 Manufacture, early, 327 Nineteenth-century, 326- J3? Portrait flasks, 330, ^331 Barber, E. A., ^American Glassware," 329 Glassware : American: (dmimued) Bate, Percv, "English Table Glass, 319 Best way to learn facts about a piece of old glassware, ^ ,315 Bohemian : Cameo incrustation, 344 Collectors, hints to, 3^15, 346 Engraving and etcmng, 340, 341 Examples of, *344, *357 Forms, colors, and decora- ^. tion, 339 Prices, 347 Cut flass, nrst, 320, 324 English: Blue linings for openwork silver, 326 Cut-glass bowl, *3o8 Cut glass, first, 320, 324 Decanters and bottles, *3o8» *3i8, *^2i, 32s Drinking-glasses, *3ii, 319-325 Eiprhteenth-century, 316 Elizabethan, 316 Engraving and etching, 324 Hartshome and Bate as authorities on drink- ing-glasses, 319 Tumblers, 326, 327 Engraving and etching, 324, 340, 341 Hartshome, Albert, "Old English Glasses," 319 Opal glass of early nine- teenth century, 333 Pontil-mark, 320, 323 Prices, 318, 335, 347 Tumblers, 326, 327 Venetian, 314, 339 Hall-mark system used in marking old English sil- verware, 356-366 High-boys, 99 [494] INDEX Kitchen in Van Cortlandt house, New York, *448 Knife-boxes : Chippendale, 85 Shearer, 86 Lamb, Charles, and his essay on "Old China," 22 Lamps and candlesticks: Betty lamp, ^173, 176 Bronze lamp with lusters,* 180 Camphene lamp, 176 Candle-making, 177 Candlesticks of brass, copper, silver, glass, mahogany, pewter, tin, china, 178, i8i, ♦184. ^189 Colonial lamps, 186 Girandoles, *i69, *i8o, 182, 185, 186 Pewter, whale-oil, *387, 397 Phoebe lamp, 176 Prices, 173, 180, 184, 189, 387 Whale-oil lamps, *I73, 177, 178, 186, *387, 397 Looking-glasses : Adam, i^, ^164 Bilboa glass, of Italian make, 166 Cheval-glasses, ♦156, 165 Chippendale styles, 157, 158, 161 Colonial type of mantel mir- ror, 162 Constitution glasses, 160 Convex circular mirrors, 161, ♦169 Dutch marquetry, 153 Empire stjrles, 165 French mirrors, 166 George Washington mirror, Georgian period, 157, 159, *i64 Gilt frames, 152 Heppelwhite, ♦156, 158 Ince, 158 Johnson designs, 158 Looking-glasses: (Continued) Knobs or rosettes used as supports, 166 Lock designs, 158 Lockwood, Ltdce Vincent, "Colonial Furniture in America," 153 Mantel glasses, *I49, 161, 162 Mayhew, 158 Pier-glasses, 165 Prices, 149, 156, 164, 167 Queen Anne styles, 153, 154, 159, 160 Reproductions, modem, 168 Salem mantel glass, ^149, 162 Silver frames, 153 Two sections of glass, 154 Vauxhall plate, 152 Venetian glasses the earliest, iSi Wall panels, first mirrors, 151 Low-boys, 99 Lowestoft : Bowl of East India Com- pany, at Salem, 2B2 Characteristics of form and decoration, 283-288 Chinese origin of ware found in America, 281 Chocolate-pot, "Lighthouse," ♦285 Counterfeit ware, 268 Cream-pitcher, "Helmet," ♦285 Hot- water jugs, ^276 Kinds of, 27^ Name, use ot, 272, 2B2 Origin of, no likeness to real Lowestoft, 273 Plates, *28o Prices, 276, 289, 290 Real Lowestoft, story of, 274-281 ; characteristics of, 288 Teacups, ^280 Teapot and tea-caddy, ^276 Unpainted pieces are rait» 284 [495] INDEX Lowestoft : (Conimued) Washington pattern, 2S4 Lowestoft controversy, 273 Luster-ware : Qasses, 254 Copper: Comwallis jug, 859 Early pieces, 255 Least valuable, js6 Pitchers and creamers, ^257 Second period, 256 Finest, misde in Italy and Spain, 253 Gold: Confusion of terms, 265 Decorations, 266, 267, ^269 Frog mug, 268 Pink luster, 266, 267, ^269 Pitchers, ^269 Prices, 271 Purple luster, *2(S4, 268 Rarity, 265 Sunderland luster, 266-268 Introduction into England, 255 Manufacture, method of, 254 Prices, 257, 264, 269 Silver: Best of luster-ware, 259 Counterfeit, 261 Decorated, 261 ; on canary ground, 261 Early pieces, 260 Manufacture, 260 Pitchers and creamers, ^257 gueen Anne, 260, ^264 esist work, *257, 261 Second period, 261 Wedgwood, 262 Mark Twain, his characterisa- tion of a New England vil- lage church, 7 Mirrors. 383-385 rks, % 7. ♦ Marks, 393. 394 Pepper-boxes, ♦387 Pitcher, *39a Prices, 377, 382, ^7f 38*. 403 "Reed ft Barton, 1760^*^ 406 Repairing, 404 Reproductions, 402 Sadware, 384 Spoon-holder, *iga Sugar-bowls, ^382 Tankard, *377 Tappit-hens, 398* 401 Teapots, ^382, *39» Touch-marks, 303 Pontil-mark on glassware, 320^ 323 Porcelains, old English: Derby ware most common, 294* ^296 French i>ertod, 202 Gilding is a guide to age, 293 Meissen style, 293 Oriental period, 292 Prices, 294f 396 Statuettes, 293, ^296 Portland vase, Wedgwood copies of, 241 Prices : Andirons and fire-Mts^ 4^ r496] J INDEX Prices : {CdtUinuid) Bedsteads, 98, 103, no, 115, "7 Brass and copper, 432, 435, 439,443,445 Chairs, a6, 31, 38, 43. 50, 54» 483. 484 , Cocks, 121, 196, 1^5, 140, 146 Desks, II, 57f ^. 65 Glassware, 318, 335, 347 Lamps and candlesticks, 173, 180, 184, 189, 387 Looking-glasses, I49> 156, 164, 167 Lowestoft, 276, 289, 290 Luster-ware, 257, 264, 269. 271 Pewter. 377, 382, 387, 392, 403 Porcelains, old English, 294, 296 Salt-glaze stoneware, 296, 301, 306 Sheffield plate, 408, 415, 422, 428,429 Sideboards, 88, 93, 96 Silverware, 373 Staffordshire, 202-209 Tables, 70, 75. 79, 80, 81 Wedgwood, 251 Renaissance styles, and later, best for modern American home, 19 Reproductions, the use of, 16 Salt-glaze stoneware : American-made, 298 Colors, introduction of, 300 Counterfeit ware, 306 Examples of, '*'296, *30i Genera! description of, 298 Lambeth jugs, 303 Manufacture, process of, 298, 300 Periods in English manufac- ture. m-yiS Prices, 290, 301, 306 Scmtoirs and secretaries. (See Desks and secretaries) Sentiment for relies of by gout days, 3-8, 21, 19s Sheffield plate : Cake-basket, ^422 Chafing-dish, ^41^ Claims to distinction, 410 Classic Georgian style, 420 Covered dish, *4o8 Egg set, *4IS Empire style, 423 Finish at the edges, 414, 417, 424 Georgian styles, 420 Hints to collectors, 425, 426 Historical notes, 412 Manufacturing process, 413- 418 Marks, 424 Meat-platter, ^415 Ornamentation, 417, 418 Prices, 408, 415, 422, 4A 429 Queen Anne style, 420 R«)airing, 426 Salver, chased, ^422 "Second-best" silverware, 409 Shields embedded, 41^ 418 Snuffers and tray, *428 Wine-cooler, *428 Wylie, Bertie, Sheffield Plate," 425 Sideboards : American-Empire or Ameri- ^ can Colonial, 92-96 Chippendale, made to order, Devdopment of, 83» 84 H<^»pelwhite, 86, '*w-9i Prices, 88, 93, 96 Shearer, originator of side- board, 86 Sheraton, 90, 91, ^93 Sheraton imitations, 92 (See also Tables) Silverware : American, ^50 American silversmiths, 350 Buck. John Henry, "Old Plate," 375 [497] INDEX Silverware: (CimHnmed) Chaffers, William, "Hall- Marks on Gold and Sil- ver/' 375 Colonial tankard, *370 Counterfeiting old stiver, 367 Crtpps, Wilfred Joseph. "Old fengltsh Plate," and other books, 375 English : Classic Georgian period, *3Si. 355. *3S^, *36i Date-letter or year-mark system, 359, 361-366 Domestic ware, 1700 to 1850, 354 Hall-mark system, 356-366 Kinds of silverware, 353 Lamerie period, 355 Provincial marks, m ?ticen Anne period, 355 ankard of Rococo period, *370 Forging hall-marks, 368 French : Difficulty of classifying, 353 Populanty of, 349 Typical styles, 354, ^363 "Glorifying* old pieces, 371 Howard, Montague, "Old London Silver,'* 375 Manufacture, studv of method ot 368 Marks on English silver, 356- 366 Prices, 373 Value of old silver is real value, 348 Staffordshire : 'American Views," 203 'Battle of Bunker Hill," aoQ "Beauties of America" series, 307, *2I3 Clews ware, 203, 204, ^205, 207 Colors, 198 Comterfeit productions, 213, 2i5i 216, 221 M Ml (( « ti Staffordshire: (Continued) "Don Quixote" plates, 204, 207 Erie Canal pitcher, *2i2 Historical diaracter, 196, 197, 198 "Lafayette at the Tomb of Washington," 202 Lafayette pitcher, 207 "Landing of Lafayette," *i93, 20^ "Landing of the Pilgrims," *200, 202 Maker determined by border, 198 Marks and imprints of pot- ters, ♦2I7-*22I Mayer ware, 209 Niagara Falls platter, 202 Noble Hunting Party," *I93 Park Theatre, New Yorf ♦200 Picturesque views," 203 Portrait ware, 210 Prices, 202-209 Reproductions, 214 Ridgwav, 207, *2i2 "States plates and platters, 303. *205. 209 Stevenson's ware, 202, 203, 209 Stilt-marks, 222 Stubbs, 208 Syntax plates and platters, *ip3, 204 Transfer printing process, 197 Wilkie plates, 204, ^205, 207 Willow pattern. 210 Wood's ware, *2oo, 201, 202 Stilt-marks on old China, 222 Stoves : China, 461 Crude stoves in 1700, 458 Franklin stove, 458. *46o Invention of closed stoves, 461 Styles, best, for modem Ameri- can homes, 19 Sunderland luster, 266-268 C498] INDEX Tables: American-made, 79 Card-Uble, *7S Dining-tables, with meth- ods of extension, 73 Early tables. 