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Questions & Answers Q. This faded booklet was stuffed inside one
of my late grandmother's cupboard drawers. It
appears to be a child's fairy tale. The 15 pages
are stapled. It measures 3” x 5”. The cover says
by Anne Gilbert “Faultless Starch books, Volume 1. What can
you tell me about it and any value?
E.V.D. – Lancaster, PA

Q. As far as I know this is a candle luster or “lustre”. It always was an A. Your booklet is an early example of
important table decoration during holidays and special occasions. However, product advertising promotion, by the Faultless
there were once two of them. It is made of a beautiful, ruby colored glass, with Starch Company. From the 1890s to 1930s the
painted, color enamel designs. It has a row of 8 crystal prisms and one hanging Company published 36 of these booklets with
from the center. It is overall 4 ½" tall. Good condition except for a few nicks on different stories and games. They were attached
the prisms. Since I am not an antiques collector, any information is a help. to the box of starch with a rubber band. It could
M.L.T.- Des Moines, IA be priced around $30 as an historical collectible.

A. You have, one of a pair of Victorian, Bohemian,
glass, luster candle holders known as a pedestal vase, Q. This unusual china plate was under the kitchen sink in my late mothers
dating 1850-1890. As you mention, it was one-of-a- house. I don’t know if the overall cracks are damage or what! It is otherwise
pair. Supposedly the glass prisms added more light. charming with a blue and white floral border. On the back it says “Dedham”,
Many glass makers in Europe and America made them with some worn marks. It measures 8 ½” diameter. Should I sell it for a couple
in the 19th century. Certain colors add to the value. of bucks at my next garage sale?
Red is the most common. Cobalt blue is the rarest. T. L. – Wellington, FL.
Yours could sell in a retail setting for as much as
$150.00. A. Let me know when your next garage sale
is. Your plate is a very collectible breakfast
plate made of Denham pottery crackleware. The
Q. My great-grandparents came from Germany in pottery was founded in 1896 by the Robertson
the mid-19th century. They didn’t bring much with family in Dedham, Massachusetts. The
them except some pieces of china, that included this stoneware had a fine crackle glaze and a thick
platter. I know it is Meissen, German porcelain in the cobalt blue border and with different patterns.
blue onion pattern. It has the crossed sword marks and Your pattern is “magnolia.” Their rabbit pattern
measures 13” x 9”, and is in good shape. What can is most common. A collector could pay as much
you tell me about it? as $150.00 for your plate, made in 1943.
B. A. – Milwaukee, WI.
A. The “blue onion” was
one of the most popular
patterns made by the
Meissen factory and still Echoes of Yesterday
is. However, it has been
reproduced ever since by
many other countries and A Mall for Antiques, Collectibles & Yesterday’s Items
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swords marks. The sword marks on your platter indicate it was made in the
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