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Standing in a room that held a 13th-century ceramic mihrab, or prayer niche, from Iran, she was counting how many human figures were on the Persian lusterware tiles that lined the doorway.

Now visitors see Mrs. Buek’s extensive collection of lusterware dishes and a dining room table set for dinner.

Dixon is famous for moving around his treasure trove of accessories: overscaled apothecary jars, Venetian brocade pillows, flea market candlesticks, lusterware porcelain and French garden orbs.

But the high point is a group of lusterware vases with hand painted Persian patterns from the Pilkington Tile and Pottery Company.

In the living room, two five-armed chandeliers with lusterware art glass, in an ornate expression of Art Deco, still hang from the ceiling, accompanied by matching sconces on the walls.