Annual report of the Philadelphia Museum of Art . ipts, Book Plates andHistoric Seals, has been published since the appearance of theTwenty-Eighth Annual Report. Monographs on Tin Enameled Pottery (Maiolica, Delft and Stan-niferous Faience), and Salt Glaze Wares, by the Curator of theMuseum, have been prepared and are now awaiting handbooks of this series are in course of preparation. BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION. During the past year a large number of people have availedthemselves of the opportunity offered by the Museum to obtainreliable information relative to objects in their
Annual report of the Philadelphia Museum of Art . ipts, Book Plates andHistoric Seals, has been published since the appearance of theTwenty-Eighth Annual Report. Monographs on Tin Enameled Pottery (Maiolica, Delft and Stan-niferous Faience), and Salt Glaze Wares, by the Curator of theMuseum, have been prepared and are now awaiting handbooks of this series are in course of preparation. BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION. During the past year a large number of people have availedthemselves of the opportunity offered by the Museum to obtainreliable information relative to objects in their possession belong-ing to many branches of industrial art. This department ofmuseum work has now become firmly established and has gainedfor the Museum much publicity. Requests for information havebeen received from many distant points and scarcely a week haspassed without bringing a number of inquiries regarding doubtfulspecimens. Several hundred objects have been fully identifiedfor their owners, amongst which not a few have proved to be of 24. MODERN PEWTER VASE OR Anton Sclireiner, Nabburg, Bavaria. Purchased at tlie Chicago Exposition, 1893.(Cut used by Courtesy of the Publishers of House and Garden.) 25 the greatest rarity. Among the things submitted for an opinionhave been examples of old Sevres porcelain ; Anglo-American pot-tery, of which many have proved to be recent forgeries; pieces ofPhiladelphia hard paste porcelain made by William Ellis Tucker;so-called Lowestoft china, Avhich in the majority of instanceshas turned out to be of Chinese workmanship ; old American glass-ware ; European and Oriental lacquer; Battersea and Limogesenamels, and specimens of Meissen, Wedgwood, lustre and Ori-ental ceramic wares, genuine and spurious. For the present, in-formation will continue to be furnished without charge, but whenarticles are sent by express the owners will be expected to pay theexpenses of transportation. PRESSING NEEDS OF THE MUSEUM. Nothing extends the in
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