Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 164
ouse in the kingdomcontained a museum ofthese grotesque baubles.Even statesmen and gen-erals were not ashamedto be renowned as judgesof teapots and dragons;and satirists long contin-ued to repeat that a finelady valued her mottledgreen pottery quite asmuch as she valued hermonkey, and much morethan… … Another Queen Anue Cabinet. 100 ART DECORATION APPLIED TO FURNITURE. The influence which this love of china had upon the forms of theQueen Anne furniture is very noticeable—in the mahogany tea-trays andthe tiny tables for pouring out tea and for holding the cup and saucer,with a standing rim round…
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