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Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12423, 12 February 1901, Page 4

WM. STRANGB. TH-O'S. COVERDALE. Sole Partners and Proprietors. "A SPECIAL INVITATION. ANOTHER GREAT SALE ATTRACTION. IP you understand anything about art-china and art-clay -ware, we shouldlike you to come and see some goods in that line that we consider BATHER OUT OP TiflE COMMON. If you should happen to be a connoisseur you will be charmed with these goods; you will recognise at a- glance "their undoubted merit. If you are 'NO JUDGE," it doesn't, matter. You at leas', know a b?r.utiful thing when you see it. and we should like •to have your candid opinion concerning these articles. Don't imagine ther? is the stighiea't occasion to buy, unless, or course, YOU FEEL TEMPTED to do so. This is merely an invitation to spend ten minutes (or hali-an-hcur, if you can spare the time) amongst our china -and. clay novelties. We venture to say you -will find the experience a. pleasant -cue. We would direct your particular attention to some really BEAUTIFUL STATUETTES 'yfyi, clay. Amongst those are single figures and groups of figures illustrative of many a familiar story (real or fabulous), such, for example, as " Una and the Lion," " -Rebecca at the Well," " Falstaff and Dame Quickly," " Joan of Arc," " The Sphinx and an Egyptian Maiden," "The Knight and the Lady," a reversible showing the lady on one side, tho knight on the other. A CHARMING GROUP of three female figures is illustrative of the Aits of '"Music, Painting and Literature," while a picturgsquely attired boy, armed with 'bowl and clay-pipe, is shown in the act of Kowing bubbles. Then there is our old friend " Robin Hood," with his " about him; and a pair of rustic lovers compel you to k'ugh. The swain is evidently deeply enamoured, while the coy look on the maiden's face is wonderfully depicted. All these figures are in soft and beautifully harmonious colours, and they are each and all of them PIT TO ACORN ANY DRAWINGROOM IN THE LAND. They have only just arrived from Germany. Examples of tho LOVELY DOULTON WARE are numerous. AThere are exquisite tea-sets in quaint shapes and chaste designs. The colourings are in all cases very beautiful. One eat fa in shades of blue. A deep royal blue blends most prettily with stone-blue and skyblue 'tints on the upper half of each article; the lower half being a pearly white. Then there is a. set in which the ground is a, pale Mush-rose, with hints of golden-yellow. Scattered over this are spring flowers, the pink hlossoms contrasting very sweetly with the other -shades. JARDINIERES of various ishapes, sizes, and colourings are sure to attract attention. So also is the EXQUISITE IMITATION DRESDEN WARE. The imitation of tho famous Dresden china is so close that it really requires an- expert to distinguish it from the real article. We have here, most faithfully reproduced, the nymphs and swains, the shepherds and shepherdesses, the flowers and foliage, etc., etc. so familiar in examples of genuine Dresden. But these imitations COST BUT A THIRD, OR LESS, of the money demanded for the genuine. The above specimens, together with numerous others quite as beautiful and attractive, .ate NOW ON VIEW! ALL WHO CAN should avail themselves of our invitation, and come and see our collection of china and clay goods. Such articles are not to be met with every day in New Zealand. N.B.—The WHOLE of the above Beautiful Goods, also our ENTIRE Stock of CHINA AND GLASS, etc., all SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED IN PRICE DURING OUR' CLEARANCE SALE, NOW ON. STRANGE AND COMPANY CHEISTCHUECH.

FROIT PRESERVING JARS, MASON'S FRUIT JARS, In Pints, Quarts and Half-Gallons. LIGHTNING FRUIT JARS, In Pints and Quarts. AMERICAN FRUIT JARS, In Quarts and Half-Gallons. ALIi KINDS OF JAM JARS AND JELL'S TUMBLERS IN STOCK, At LOWEST PRICES. JOHN BATES AND CO., WORCESTER HOUSE, 215, CASHEL STREET W., Christchurch (Opposite "Press" Office.). F 2720

GOLD MEDALS, PARIS, 1878, 1889. 0£ Highest Quality, and having Greatest £>urabiluy, a--o therefore fha CHEAPEST, X 2418