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Florida’s Best Newspaper for Antiques & Collectibles
FEBRUARY 2017 • Volume 30 No. 6 www.antiqueshoppefl.com
Collecting George Washington Ceramics
By Larry LeMasters
LeMasters’ Antique News Service
Upon President George Washington’s Washington is also one of the most from 1906-1930, the Lenox Washington
death, Henry Lee eulogized Washington as collected presidents to serve in office. tea set was produced in white porcelain
“first in war, first in peace, and first in the More postage stamps carry his image than with green and gold and included teapot,
hearts of his countrymen.” Washington all the rest of the presidents combined. sugar container, creamer, and teacups with
was revered in life and in death; scholarly And collectibles with his image include saucers.
and public polling consistently ranks almost anything you can think of. One Walter Scott Lenox founded Lenox’s
him among the top three presidents in category of Washington collectibles that Ceramic Art Company in 1889 in Trenton,
American history. He has been depicted has been a staple with collectors for over New Jersey. It is an American based
and remembered in monuments, currency, 100 years is ceramics, and, today, collectors company, making the Washington Tea Set
and other memorials, continuing to the still eagerly seek both pottery and porcelain even more valuable to collectors. Lenox’s
present day. Washington ceramic wares. products became popular in the early 20
th
Lenox made one of the truly beautiful century when separate dining rooms and
—Large, Royal Doulton character jug “George Washington/ and rare Washington tea settings. Produced Continued on Page 2
King George III.” Produced as part of Doulton’s The Antago-
nists Series in 1986, this striking jug sells for $135 today.
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on Saturday, February 4th (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Sunday, February 5th (10
a.m. to 4 p.m.)
The event, sponsored
by the South Florida
Depression Glass Club,
features dealers from
across the U.S. with
extensive selections
of Depression, Elegant
(Fostoria, Heisey,
Cambridge, Tiffin,
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