The Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-04-03, Page 23•
ORNATE CHAIR
... Not genuine antique but collectible
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Chair is not a true antique
' By James G. McCollam
Member, Antique
Appraisers Association
of America
Q. This chair was left to
me by a friend. 1 was told
that it is very old and wonder
about its true vintage and
value.
Is there any way of telling
what country it came from?
A. This chair was factory -
made around the turn of the
century and does not qualify
as a genuine antique (100
years old). However, there
are many people who collect'
furniture like this. It prob-
ably would sell for $125 to
$135 in good condition.
It's almost impossible to
tell what country produced
it. Most probably it was
made in America.
Q. My Belleek plate is 9
inches in diameter and is
decorated with thistles.
Can you tell me when it
was made and how much it is
worth?
A. Your plate is not genu-
ine Irish Belleek; it was
made by Ott & Brewer in
Trenton, NJ, between 1863
and 1893.
They employed many im-
migrants from Ireland who
had worked for the Belleek
factory there, so their por-
celain was of comparable
quality.
Your plate would sell in the
$75 to $95 range.
Q. I have noticed that
things connected to beer and
breweries are being sold as
collectibles. Can you give me
some idea of the kind of
items that are popular and
what they might sell for.
A. This field of collectibles
is called "Brewerianam"
and here are some items
with typical prices:
Brass match safe
(Anheuser-Busch),- $50 _
Mug made by Villeroy &
Boch, Mettlach, Germany,
$75
Poster 1930s (Stag Beer),
$75
Sign 1940s (Altoona
Beers), $100
Sign 1930s (Black Hawk
Brewery), $125
Sign 1905 (Budweiser),
$750
Tap° Knob (Black Label),
$25
Tray (Carlings Ale), $50
Tray 1930s (Genessee 12
Horse Ale), $50
Tray Early 1900s (Stroh's
Bohemian), $300
Tray 1930s (Olympia), $200
Watch Fob (Schlitz), $50
Token (Empire Brewery),
$5
Leaded glass ' window
(Pabst), $1,000.
Send your questions about
antiques with picture(s), a
detailed description, stamp-
ed, self-addressed envelope
and $2 per item to James G.
McCollam, PO Box 720, Clif-
ton Park, NY 12065. All ques-
tions will be answered but
published pictures cannot be
returned.
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Crossroads—Apr. 3, 1985—Page 7
'savants lassioolveasti
Esmond's Tea Room is a
colorful little place set
among the pines at Lake St.
Peter in Northeastern On-
tario.
In order to get there you
have to go through Bancroft,
then a few hamlets with
names like Bird's Creek and
Maynooth, until finally you
hit the country road that
leads to Esmond's.
Any marketing analyst
would tell you that trying to
operate a business in that
location would be sheer
madness. Any accountant
would just shudder at the
suggestion.
But Esmond's Tea Room
has a regular and faithful
clientele. It does an excellent
business day and; night. And
it's mostly because of
Esmond himself. He's even
more colorful than the
brightly painted tea room!
Although it was bitterly
A weekly news commentary front
one of Canada's
outstanding news personalities
THE
BEST OF
PETER
i i�rrr it`d
ANCHORMAN J'OR GLOBAL NEWS
It was more than thirty
years ago that r was a night
police reporter for the old
Ottawa Journal and Con-
stable Tom Flanagan was.
driving a cruiser for the
Ottawa Police Department.
Several times in those days,
when things were slow, late
at night, Tom picked me up,
out of sight of the Desk Ser-
geant at the old Number One
Station, which was about
where the National. Arts
Centre stands now, and we'd
drive around together for a
few hours.
Tom checked properties,
handled domestic disputes,
stopped traffic violators and
kept his eyes peeled for law
breakers generally, while I,
—close to the car radio, was
secure in the knowledge that
little of importance would
happen elsewhere in the city
without, my knowledge.
Like all good policemen,
Tom seemed to have eyes not
just in the back of his head
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?At all the way around. He
saw things that I didn't, and
he would hurl himself out of
the prowler to check them
out. He didn't smoke and he
could run like a deer. As a
matter of fact, a reporter on
the Citizen referred to him in
print once as "fleet -footed
Flanagan" and I think the
handle stuck for a while.
Over the years I've seen
his name in the papers from
time to time, and now that
I'm back in Ottawa, I'd been
meaning to look him up. I
went down to the new police
station recently to meet Tom
Flanagan, now Deputy
Chief, and to be given a tour
of the new facilities.
I don't think Tom has
changed very much, but the
Ottawa Police Department
certainly has. The size of the
force has just about trebled,
and our society has become
incredibly affluent. That's
part of the reason I suppose,
that drugs are now at the
root of the department's
most- pressing problems In
the old days, booze was the
most active catalyst for
petty crime.
Another- sign of affluence
is in the property room,
where even in late winter,
500 perfectly good bicycles
are in the racks, waiting for
owners who never show up.
When someone losses a
bicycle these days, they go
right out and buy another
one. _
There is a briefing room
now, with desks and audio-
visual equipment for officers
going on duty, afar cry from
the old standing musters at
Number One. The men in the
prowlers have to carry brief-
cases now, to handle the
paper - that's thrust upon
them. There are new
specialized divisions in the
force,, computers, commun-
ications equipment, and a
conscious attempt to get
closer to the public.
The basic philosophy has
not altered. As Tom sees it,
it's helping people, not
simply making arrests, that
separates the good cop from
the cop who ought to be in
some other job.
cold the day we arrived,
Esmond greeted us in a
summer shirt and shorts. He
appeared to be about fifty.
Tall, lithe and built like an
Olympic swimmer, he posi-
tively bristled with vibrant
health. Yet Esmond Skid-
more is crowding seventy!
He eats and serves good
food. He does his own
baking. Uses no additives
and nothingbut stoneground
flour.
He bathes daily in the
nearby lake. When it's frozen
over, he has a snow bath. He
did it when we were there
late in February. Bundled up
in my parka, I watched in
amazement as he gleefully
wallowed around in the
snow, wearing nothing but
swimming trunks.
Bancroft writer and book-
seller, Bob Lyons, who told
us about the tea room, says
Esmond's tea is the best he's
ever tasted. Bob, who's
travelled the world, and has
had mint tea in Morocco,
Indian tea and London
blends, still swears by
Esmond's brew.
Esmond has a one-man
operation. He's cook, waiter
and entertainer. He plays re-
quests on a piano set over in
a corner of the room. As a
positive thinker, he also
listens to problems and gives
advice to some of ._the
patrons. Tea and sympathy.
I asked him how the tea
room managed to survive in
the early years.
"I couldn't lose," he
laughed. "I'was broke when
r got here. I've been a drop-
out for more than thirty
years, but I love life. Maybe
people come here to see if
some of it will rub off."
PATTERN OF
PRODUCTION
That -.is just what 99 youths
are learning in an
agricultural production
program in a drought -
stricken village in southern
Africa. The project will
provide school drop -outs
with employment and in-
crease the food supply for 350
villagers. Th, -.young men
will construct an\irrigation
system, build chicken coops
and plant a vegetable gar-
den. Establishing this pat-
tern of production, will give
them a chance to break their
pattern of poverty, thanks to
USC Canada..
PADDED PROTECTION—Although this sofa is covered in a Tight fabric, It still is
possible to lie down on it because of the matching fabric pad that rolls across the
seat and extends over the arms, if desired. The pad easily can be rolled ,up and
sent off to the cleaners. Fabrics in this room setting are by John Wolf.
By Barbara Hartung
Q. I am retiring soon and
will be moving into a new
condominium, which I want
to furnish comfortably yet
elegantlywithpretty fabrics
and fairly light colors.
Because 1 will be using my
living room every day, I
know I will be hard on my
upholstered furniture. And I
have been advised that soil
repellents might help me ex-
tend the clean look of new
fabrics a bit.
Is is worth the extra cost to
have fabrics treated with a
soil repellent? Is soil repel-
lent successful when applied
after the furniture is re-
upholstered?—R.D.C.
A. I am informed that soil
repellent is most successful
in warding off stains and dirt
when the repellent is applied
at the factory before the
piece of furniture is up-
holstered.
Many good quality uphol-
stery fabrics today are treat-
ed with a soil repellent. So,
yes, I feel it is worth the
extra cost. You can buy
spray -on repellent but I can-
not personally attest to its ef-
fectiveness.
If you are wishing to ex-
tend the wear of oft -used
upholstered furniture, here's
a trick used by many interior
designers. When you order
your sofa, ask that an addi-
tional pad of the sofa fabric
be made that will stretch
across the seat and roll over
the arms if the arms are
fabric covered.
When the pad soils, it
easily is sent off to the clean-
ers. It can protect fabric so
you won't feel guilty when
you want to stretch out on
your new sofa and put your
feet up.
Q. The dining room of my
1960s -type house needs to be
redecorated. I, have a repro-
duction
of a gateleg table
and four rather common
matching maple chairs with
upholstered seats and a pine
hutch. The ,floor is wood.
I want to keep the furni-
ture but update the room.
What can I do to add lots of
personality but keep a tradi-
tional atmosphere?—F.J.
A. d trust` you wish to en-
hance the Early American
quality of your furniture.
Here are some possibili-
ties: Add a chair rail and
wallpaper above and below
the rail using two different
but coordinated patterns:
add a new gleaming brass
chandelier; polish your wood
floors and add a rug with a
floral border, and, finally,
-add shutters to your windows
or a similarly traditional
window covering.
Q. What are the newest
colors that are available in
appliances? I imagine that
will help govern my final de-
cision on what colors 1, will
use in my kitchen when I re-
model in a year or so.—E.O.
A. I, appears beige and
gray are the new kitchen ap-
pliance colors for the second
half of the 1980s. However,
the manufacturers are
calling them by other more
exotic terms — platinum, sil-
ver, sand or toast. And the
plastic laminate manu-
facturers are getting into the
picture with matching
colors.
My guess is that you'll be
seeing fewer natural wood
cabinets in dark tones —
woods will be getting lighter
— and you'll see more plastic
laminate cupboards and
cabinets because of its easy -
care quality and clean, lines.
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