. The Jacob Paxson Temple collection of early American furniture and objects of art [electronic resource]. t scries in the Pennsyl-vania Museum in Philadelphia. CHINESE LOWESTOFT Before the production of American porcelain the elegant house-holds had lo rely tor their table ware on imports from more romantic were the trade relations established by enter-prising American captains directly with the Far East. These boldexperts in shipping and merchandising were successful competitorsof the huge European Hast India Companies. The old families ofBoston, Salem, and Providence are still f
. The Jacob Paxson Temple collection of early American furniture and objects of art [electronic resource]. t scries in the Pennsyl-vania Museum in Philadelphia. CHINESE LOWESTOFT Before the production of American porcelain the elegant house-holds had lo rely tor their table ware on imports from more romantic were the trade relations established by enter-prising American captains directly with the Far East. These boldexperts in shipping and merchandising were successful competitorsof the huge European Hast India Companies. The old families ofBoston, Salem, and Providence are still full of interesting tales oftheir adventures and friendships with their Chinese correspondents inCanton. Museums and old families treasure the Chinese wares madefor the American market —punch howls with gay Iamille rose decora-tion, dinner sets and tea services, which recall in their inscriptions anddecorations the days of the clipper ship and the romantic China Temple has gathered a charming series of Chinese remarkable are a large punch bowl with (juaint Chinese 24. vaukh s siialMi:\s or tiik 1AMOU8 STIEGEL BLA86 HAKE TUCKER PORCELAIN PITCHER, 1828 scenes, and tea pots on which a Chinese craftsman painted the coatof arms of New York, or a proud frigate, which to the Americanclient may have represented the ■Constitution of Revolutionarylame. 1 > E NNSYLVANIA-G E R BIA N A RT In recent years the attention of collectors of Americana has heendirected towards the most pathetic works of home-eraftsinanship, tell-ing of the toils and sorrows of the early settlers. A grain chest ofsoft wood, a tahle. a settle dial formerly would have heen hurncd asold lumber, are now treasured. For besides their extreme simplicity,these pieces remind us of the unknown soldiers of civilization, who laidthe foundations of this great country. It is the art of the humblefarm cottage, and the pioneers log cabin. In Pennsylvania this peasant style began and developed
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