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Show e " ' . . : ....... v - y . -': .' ... ,l ... v ..... , t' ' , v ' ' . . - : ; : :' J-'S, v. 1 ' ' ..-.',', r ' . . . - u ; It -' ' ' ' ' '' ' ' ' , - . - ' - --!-- . ' . .,' ' ' ;. . ; . :. v s . . -V -. . . t.;: v . .' ' ...- . ' - . " ., - , . i v ' ' ' ' ' - ' ' . , . N ' N. u 1 . ' . .. ... ' .... ' ... - 1 ' . ' ' ' . ". . ' ti iMjrg. Fon-est Simpson displays a fruit compote, that is part of a collection of antique glassware that has been loan Porcelain, Silver, Pottery and Pewter Now on Display at Mesh Museum On display for the months of February and March at the Moab Museum will be a display of antique porcelain, porce-lain, silver, pottery and pewter from all parts . of the world. The display is being loaned to the museum by Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Simpson Simp-son of Moab. The collection includes such articles as a fruit compote com-pote which dates to 1726 in " Germany.. The dish is made ini delicate tones of blut1 with three dancing children beneath the fruit bowl. Mrs. Simpson stated that this i.3 one of her-favorite pieces of the collection. Mr. Simpson, Simp-son, on the other hand, prefers pre-fers a tall china teapot with scenes of an English countryside coun-tryside which dates to 1764. .These old pieces of glassware glass-ware are part of the antique an-tique collection of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. J. March-ant March-ant of Albuquerque, N.M., parents of Mrs. Simpson. Originally the collection encompassed en-compassed about 250 various var-ious teapots and other articles ar-ticles ' These were divided lamong the six surviving children of Mr. and Mrs. Marchant. The Marehants began the collection in Londan, England Eng-land in 1922 during a visit which took them through England and Wales for three months. Friends and relatives rela-tives presented the couple ed to the Moab Museum for the next two months. The ddsh dates from 1726 in Germany. (with heirlooms of choice teapots from private collections collec-tions to be brought back to the United States. After their return, the Marehants continued their collecting and built a large display case covering one wall in their home to show the articles. Some of the antiques show no signs or marks of identification iden-tification and must be identified iden-tified through research by experts. Leads as to identity of the pieces are found in icolor, texture, weight, and (general "feel." Also included in the display dis-play are a three piece tureen, a sterling silver tea set, . a set of fishscale cloisonne vases, a replica of a 1761 wedgewood tea pot with a prayer on each side as well as many other interesting pieces. Persons interested in viewing view-ing the display should visit the Museum during regular hours from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. |