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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1909
Page
23
Christmas china and glassware inventory offered with imported items and European and domestic designs. The store promises complete selection and moderate prices, inviting inspection of full stocks and noting varied decoration, shapes, and sizes for gifts.
A catalog snippet shows price ranges for cut glass items including sugar and cream sets from 2.75 up, vinegar divets at 2.50 up, celery trays 4.00 up, cut glass comports 1.50 up, Giang Cologne Bottles 1.50 up, and a 92.75 value vase among other figures, illustrating a sale or listing of decorative glassware with varied minimum prices.
A fragmentary item notes Ponben Tisbes with a tray and ear pulpings on tras cael, a vivid but unclear archival line. The readable words hint at a culinary or ritual scene but lack coherent context or identifiers.
A garbled catalog-like OCR lists various Japanese china items such as plates, vases, tea sets, bowls, cups and saucers with prices. The text includes inconsistent spellings and stray characters, rendering exact items and values unclear.
A newspaper catalog excerpt touts imported gift items for men including Brass Asi Trass Tillwen Tare Lt wares, smoking stands, Mustache Cups and Saucers, Card Boxes, Cigar Jars, and Gail Steins imported steins. It highlights decoration, color, and design as especially excellent plus a broad range of dishes, bowls, vases, crackers jars, mayonnaise bowls, brass frames, and Japanese dinner gongs and china sets with prices from 25 cents upward.
Italian imported Circassian walnut furniture is described as hand assembled in local workrooms. Pieces include side chairs armchairs easy chairs piano stools sofas fire screens foot stools with upholstery and hand caned seats, finishable in any tint, priced from 5 to 100 dollars range.
Handmade willow furniture promises quality and durability for any home. Uses imported French willow hand assembled by artisans, finished in desired color. Catalog includes Armchairs from 4.00 to 12.50, Arm Rockers 6.00 to 13.50, Reading Chairs 8.25 to 10.50, Tables 4.60 to 10.00, Settees 16.50 to 25.00, Children's Chair 3.50 to 4.00, Children's Rockers 3.50 to 4.00.
A large display of Bar Harbor chairs in red or green with Woodward & Lothrop cushions, priced at 85.00 each. Also pillow tops, tapestry panels, piano and mantel scarfs, silk scarves, cretonnes, portieres, table covers, and couch covers on the fourth floor, with prices from 25c to 37.50 for fabrics and from 1.25 to 12.00 for accessories.
A catalog style offer promotes chafing dishes coffee percolators tea kettles and metal wares as ideal gifts. It highlights tested quality sturdy construction and guaranteed efficiency with nickel copper and silver finishes and a Fifth floor location for purchases and demonstrations.
Washington social notes detail Taft visiting New York with the President and attending a Lyceum theater, with Mrs Taft in coral pink and Mrs Knox hosting and attending numerous luncheons. Guests include diplomats, debutantes, and members of the Knox circle. charity ball plans for January 3 at the New Willard are under way with Mrs Motinre leading the serving team.
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