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Famous politicians, generous donors, entertainment and sports stars, and military heroes are honored by having their names on statues, buildings, bridges, streets, parks and even rooms. But famous furniture designers and architects are more often given lasting fame when a chair, desk or style is given their name. Some names used today are hundreds of years old.
There is the American Hitchcock chair, a painted wooden chair with a curved top, carved back slats and legs that are continuations of the back’s uprights. It was named for Lambert Hitchcock (1795-1852). Even older is Chippendale furniture, named for Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779), an English cabinetmaker who published a book that pictured his designs. Some collectors of early photographs buy daguerreotypes without knowing they are named for Louis Daguerre (1787-1851), who, in about 1839, invented the first photographic pictures.
The original Carlton House desk was ordered for an 18th-century building in London. This is a 20th-century copy that recently auctioned for $660.
A 20th-century reproduction of a Carlton House desk sold recently at a Cowan auction for $660. The original desk looked like a table with a horseshoe-shaped top section made to fit on top of the table. It was ordered by the Prince of Wales in about 1783 and designed by George Hepplewhite. The desk, named for a favored palace, was a gift for a member of the Prince’s entourage living at Carlton House, a London palace that was demolished in 1825 after the Prince became King George IV. The building was replaced with Carlton House terrace. An early 19th-century Carlton House desk sells today for $6,000 to $10,000.
Q: I looked at many Hall teapots online and have been unable to find a teapot like mine. It’s an Airflow, black with a gold spout, and what looks like a gold Chinese design. The number is 0450S, and it says it’s 8-cup. Is this a knockoff?
A: From 1938 through 1941, the Hall China Company of East Liverpool, Ohio, produced whimsical teapots in unique shapes that are sought after by collectors today. The Airflow teapot was one of these. It was first released in 1940, and its round shape and swooping handle hint of the beginning of Atomic Age design. The Airflow, like other Hall teapots, was made in many colors and sold either plain or decorated. Some, like yours, had Hall’s Standard Gold trim. In 1984, Hall reintroduced the Airflow and some other teapots. The reproduction teapots have the company’s post-1969 square mark. Your 8-cup Airflow teapot looks like it is from the 1940s. It is worth about $40.
Current Prices
Pitcher, New Martinsville, Heart in Sand, water, gilt spout, 8 inches, $10.
Hood ornament, Ford, flying quail, 3 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches, $240.
Arita jar, lid, blue, scholars, immortals, landscape, reclining figure finial, white, Japan, 8 1/2 inches, $380.
WWI poster, Join, Army Air Service, bald eagle, mid-air strike, orange, c. 1917, 26 3/4 x 20 inches, $1,110.
TIP: Never clean an iron cooking utensil with soap. Wipe it with paper towels, wash it in hot water with a plastic bristle brush, and dry well.
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