DEAR READER
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I THE PLEASURES OF COLLECTING
CHAPTER II COLLECTORS OF YESTERDAY
CHAPTER III AMERICAN TABLES
CHAPTER IV TEA AND ANTIQUITY
CHAPTER V CUP-PLATES
CHAPTER VI CHINTZ
CHAPTER VII PEWTER
CHAPTER VIII SAMPLERS
CHAPTER IX WAX PORTRAITS
CHAPTER X HAND-WOVEN COVERLETS
CHAPTER XI CHAIRS
CHAPTER XII ENGLISH DRINKING-GLASSES
CHAPTER XIII STUART EMBROIDERIES
CHAPTER XIV DELFT
CHAPTER XV EARLY DESK FURNITURE
CHAPTER XVI CHELSEA
CHAPTER XVII WEDGWOOD
CHAPTER XVIII SAVING THE PIECES
CHAPTER XIX LOUNGING FURNITURE
CHAPTER XX SHEFFIELD PLATE
CHAPTER XXI STRAW MARQUETERIE
CHAPTER XXII CONSOLES
CHAPTER XXIII SEVRES PORCELAIN
CHAPTER XXIV EUROPEAN ENAMELS
CHAPTER XXV THE ROMANCE OF A POTTER: BERNARD PALISSY
CHAPTER XXVI ITALIAN MAIOLICA
CHAPTER XXVII GLASS OF A THOUSAND FLOWERS
CHAPTER XXVIII ANTIQUES OF PERSIA AND OF INDIA
CHAPTER XXIX CHINESE PORCELAINS
CHAPTER XXX CHINESE AND JAPANESE LACQUER
CHAPTER XXXI CHINESE SNUFF-BOTTLES
CHAPTER XXXII CLOISONNE ENAMELS OF CHINA AND JAPAN
CHAPTER XXXIII JAPANESE SWORD-GUARDS
CHAPTER XXXIV MEDALLIC ART
CHAPTER XXXV ENGRAVED GEMS
CHAPTER XXXVI FRAUDULENT ART OBJECTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
THE PLEASURES OF COLLECTING
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BY GARDNER TEALL
New York The Century Company 1920 Copyright, 1920, by The Century Co. TO MY SISTER FRANCES COTHEAL TEALL IN LOVING MEMORY
