Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-04-26 | Page 14 | Collects Hostess Plates as Hobby

I Col lects Hostess Plates as Hobby J : ..... . : . --mC yd v -1 && Jvr -n ' ' ' MrvHerry L Bracken, 1120 Thirteenth Eat sweet, shown with three of tier lovely collection of hostess pletesTThe hobby began four or fivoearf IgO nc! h pleasure lu tlio lolloctor keeausa they may be used constantly in enterteining hsr many friends. Mrs. Bracken's Hohhy Began Several Years Ago be obtainable, while still others could be bought "Collecting hostess plates Is rather rath-er slow," says Mrs. Bracken, "but there is pleasure in the hobby be-ceuso be-ceuso of their beauty and because It her can be enjoyed throush use." By PAT PATTERSON Rather unusual In ths line of collections col-lections is Mrs. Harry L. Bracken's hobby of collecting hostess plates for use in her home. 1130 Thirteenth Thir-teenth East street The compiling of the pistes began about four or five years ago and ever since thst tlms hardly a week hes gone by but they have been used in entertaining. enter-taining. The pieces hsvs corns from almost al-most every country except Spain. Italian articles are rtVia rather difficult to une obtain, too. Of a They're of all types. Including Series Ro' ,wrf"ur Royal Doulton, Copenhagen, Spode. Canton, German Ger-man Rosenthal and French glass. Ths majority of ths pistes measure meas-ure approximately If inches in diameter, di-ameter, but some range to about 11 or Z4 Inchee. and weigh from about four to eight pounds. One of Mrs. Bracken's loveliest and moat historic plates is a trifle smaller In else and la Copenhagen blue. It was made In Sweden as a souvenir in 1U. From China hae coma one of her moat ornate and lovely pieces, destined with altsr-aats altsr-aats sections of a flower deeign and scenes of women walking In a Chinese garden. Another of Mrs. Bracken's prised pieces is a huge yellow plate designed de-signed when Mexican pottery first became popular. Than, too, shs hss a cream-colored plate with a center deaign of a Mexican figure in brilliant bril-liant native costume with a background back-ground of a desert scene. The first of ths Lennox patterns ts also in hsr collection. A rather interesting phass that she hes found in gathering that particular kind of china la that different typee are sent to ths various countries. In ths United Stateo It ia possible To purchase only certain patterns, but In Canada thaae patterns would not