My Daughters Blue Cabinet, The Business of Doing Business in Antiques – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – March 2002 In 1986, I purchased a child’s size cupboard in […]
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Hearth to Hearth: Cottolene (Lard) – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – February 2002 The disappearance of lard from our diets has been a major puzzle for me. For centuries of food […]
A Royal Menagerie: A Palace Full of Meissen Porcelain Animals – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – February 2002 Augustus the Strong, king of Poland (1670-1733) had long been […]
Home Sweet Home – American Folk Art Museum – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – January 2002 Two school diplomas and a university degree were my reward for serving […]
Bob Cahn Guess What Article for January 2002 By Bob Cahn, “The Primitive Man” This month’s “Guess What” looks as if it came out of a box of Cracker Jacks. […]
Hearth to Hearth: Christmas Pudding – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – January 2002 In the great celebratory feast, a highlight of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Mrs. Cratchit’s Christmas Plum Pudding is […]
Bob Cahn Guess What Article for December 2001 By Bob Cahn, “The Primitive Man” Simple but strange, or transposed to “Simply Strange” — either way describes this month’s “Guess What.” […]
Hearth to Hearth: Childrens Cookbooks – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – December 2001 The world of the kitchen was surely one that included children from the earliest times, as mothers initiated […]
English Christmas Cards – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – December 2001 By Carol Woodbury The avant garde English magazine, The Studio, is a wonderful place to glimpse the […]
Hearth to Hearth: The Fireless Cooker – The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles – November 2001 The fireless cooker was a strange beast. Even its name seemed to be a contradiction in […]