The superb platters with this print bear on the back, in a wreath of laurel, the stamp “Southwest view of Lagrange, the residence of Marquis La Fayette,” also the impressed stamp of Wood. The color is of the richest dark blue tint, a true “lapis to delight the world.” Across the top of the platter the border is formed in a graceful design of grapes and vine leaves. On the left the border is composed of finely drawn stalks of hollyhocks. On the right a tree and foliage form the border. On the lower rim is a design of fleur-de-lis and roses. The view of the château is different from No. 68, the whole front of the house being shown. A broad expanse of lawn fills the foreground, across which two dogs are running. Up a path on the left walk a man, woman, and child. I have never seen but two pieces bearing this design, both large platters twenty-three inches long. I purchased one for $12, which large price was unwillingly paid; but as I had never seen nor heard of any pieces bearing such a design, I could not bear to lose it when I believed it to be unique. Within a week after this purchase I saw the second and better platter and bought it for $1.50, and now I expect to find many another piece with this “Southwest view of Lagrange.” I give these prices to show the impossibility of assigning a definite value to those “old blue” Staffordshire pieces. One of these platters was obtained through the sale of the old dining-room furnishings of Barnum’s Hotel, in Baltimore. 70. Lafayette. Medallion. This design is the head of Lafayette in blue on a white porcelain plate, with the surrounding words, “Welcome, Lafayette, the Nation’s Guest and our Country’s Glory.” The plate has an embossed border similar in design to that upon some New Hall plates in my possession. It is unmarked. The portrait is exceedingly ugly and mean. 71. Lafayette. Portrait. A pitcher of stone-ware printed in blue, with a portrait of Lafayette on one side, with this legend, “In commemoration of the visit of Lafayette to the United States of America in 1824,” and a wreath entwined with these words, “Lafayette, the Nation’s Guest.” On the other side a head of Washington. Beneath the nose of the pitcher a spread eagle, and the terse sentence, “Republicans are not always ungrateful.” One may be seen in the Trumbull-Prime Collection. I have also seen several for sale in city “antique shops.” 72. Lafayette. Medallion. Medallion portrait of Lafayette and similar one of Washington on common white stone-ware mug. Some of these mugs also have the date 1824, not the year of manufacture apparently, but the date simply of Lafayette’s visit to America. 73. Lafayette. Medallion.