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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 934, 2 December 1933, Page 31 (Supplement)

mm &■ Of Elegance and Distinction Such Ware as you see in the D.I.C. Prices are low, but that hasn’t affected quality. Not at the D.1.C., with their painstaking English organisation to do the buying for the four great stores, and their clever Departmental Buyers, with their genius for selecting those particular things which make people happy Father Christmas the Magic Cade crt' ?OI» Your Inspection is Cordially Invited. n -(uAaC coufcf JJe loveiwi Icc Grottoes, Snowstorms, Penguins, Seals, Polar Bears, and the good ship “Bay of Oakland” in the Icefloes. Jacko the Monkey up to all his old tricks. And Father Christmas himself in his home, in the. Cave. Admission Pd. Each visitor to the Cave will receive a gift to the value of admission. Father Christmas parades through the Store at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily. around their own hearths. D.I.C. has picked them this year unerringly, as they have been doing for 49 years. D.I.C. has multitudes of beautiful things for gifts for your home-loving friends this Xmas. We have sketched just a few. Sketched in the left-hand column, from the top are : BRASS GONG, Chinese temple design 4/6 CHINESE BRASS ORNAMENTAL VASE 6/3 BRASS BOTTLE OPENER, Budda design 2/11 BRASS CORKSCREW, Pixie design 3/SMOKER’S COMPANION SET in brassware, as sketched 23/6. Others priced up to 42/—. BRASS CANDLESTICK, Jacobean design—--27/6 pair BRASS VASE, Moorish design Price 25/ Sketched in the Central Column, from the top are: — CARLTON WARE JUG, new Green basket design, with Natural Fruit decoration 13/6 CARLTON WARE BOOKENDS, Black, with decoration in Lemon, Orange, Jade and Grey . . .. .. . . 23/6 pair CARLTON WARE OCTAGONAL PLATE, in Buttercup or New Green, with Natural Fruit decoration . . . . . . 4/ CROWN CHINA CUP. SAUCER and PLATE. Ivory ground, with Wisteria decoration 6/6 ROYAL DOULTON CAKE PLATE, Ivory ground, with Jade, Gold and Black decoration. OLD ENGLISH VASE, Chintz design 12/6 STUART CRYSTAL COMPORT, etched Love Bird Decoration . . . . 10/6 STUART CRYSTAL FOOTED JAM DISH 3/6 Right-hand Column of Sketches, from the top. show:— POTTERY BUNNY, in Jade, Brown nr Ivory 22/6. Smaller sizes 3/6 6/ 13/6 COFFEE SET, in Mimosa Ware or New Green, 15 pieces .. . . .. 17/6 set URN in Algerian Ware, Nigger Brown with Ivory design . . . . . . . . 13/ STUART CRYSTAL VASE, cut and etched — 32/6 FLAME WARE JUG, in rich Flame, Turquoise and Ivory colourings . . . • 8/ ROYAL DOULTON FIGURE, “Pantalettes” Others Priced up to 69/6. 25/ Julie Russell Extended Season —Tuesday and Wednesday, at 3.15. A Musical Tea in the D-I-C Restaraunt. DIC CHRISTCHURCH

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