News: Samuel Bare, 1916, Baresville, York County, PA

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RARE OLD CHINA WARE

FINE COLLECTION OWNED BY SAMUEL M. BARE, OF BARESVILLE

Has China Closet Filled With Antiques of Great Value, Including Cups and 
Saucers, Plates, Dishes, Glass Wine Sets, Etc.

One of the finest private collections of antique china in this section is that 
of Samuel M. Bare, of Baresville, a retired farmer and business man.

Mr. Bare’s collection of antiques dates back to 1755 and consists of most 
perfect and beautiful pieces of old chinaware of almost priceless value.  There 
are over one hundred pieces in the collection, and with the exception of a few, 
are in perfect condition.

It was known for some time that Mr. Bare possessed a fine collection of 
antiques, but they were supposed to have been heirlooms.  However, such is not 
the case, as a number of years ago he became interested in old china and before 
the antique dealers got busy in this section, he attended sales within a radius 
of twenty miles of his home to gather in rare pieces, not for mercantile 
purposes but for his own private collection.  Many times he traveled fourteen or 
fifteen miles to secure one small piece of old china.

If on making a visit to his home and request to see his collection, he will 
first display a few old dishes, which make a collector’s eyes beam with delight.  
These consist of old style china tea pots and other ware, also glass wine sets.  

Then he will point with pride to a large china closed, filled with over sixty 
pieces of the most perfect china of antique design ever displayed on any 
dealer’s shelves.  Here almost every dish comes in pairs.  Not a crack or a 
defect is visible to the eye.  The glazing is also perfect.  The embellishments, 
which were painted by hand by the early makers, are as perfect and as bright as 
the day they were made.

The cups and saucers, large platters and dinner plates arranged on the shelves 
seem to tell an unprinted story of the days of long ago.  The plates bear the 
name of well-known manufactures of both German and England.

Mr. Bare’s collection of antiques does not end in dishes alone, although that 
seems to be his most treasured collection.  He has a large Grandfather’s clock, 
which keeps registering the hours, days and months, which, perhaps, it has done 
for a century.  Oil paintings of relatives and friends long since passed to the 
“Great Beyond” also grace the walls of his home.

On the second floor he has a room furnished in the early English period with a 
high post-bed, and curtains draped around the four posts, also a bureau and wash 
stand to match.

The Hanover Herald – Saturday, June 24, 1916