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Title: Sunset
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Department
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Publisher: (San Francisco, Calif. : Passenger Dept., Southern Pacific Co.) Menlo Park, CA : Sunset Publishing Corporation
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op some-how a sort of sixth sense, or an acutesharpening of the five normal facul-ties to judge it, place it, name it, tell the false or fake from the true, and—what is most interesting and thrillingabout it all—to Sherlock Holmesit and tell its source and date andsomething of its history. I must say this much of the busi-ness: My two Seattle friends pointout that the chief interest glass hasfor them is that their collections aremade up of truly native art, an artthat reached a very high peak in NewEngland from as early as 1750 to aslate as 1890, at about which time theSandwich glass works were closed.Like our early furniture, like our Cur-rier and Ives prints, in fact, like outCalifornia lithographs of the 50s,Early American glass is not only rep-resentative, but it is beautiful, it is ofsound design, it is art adapted to autilitarian purpose, and is definitelya contribution to the worlds pageantof beauty. Mrs. Lenz had, when I last heard,.)l6 pieces, (Continued on page 61 SUNSET
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