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These pieces, although certainly comparatively modern, are less mere- 

 tricious than the palpable frauds. 



Fig. 14. — Black, well-finislicd vase, with lid. 



Fig. — 15. Pitcber-sbaped vase of black ware. 



That this ware does not all belong to the immediate present is clear. 

 Much of that now in the Mexican Museum has been there for many 

 years, and an American officer engaged in the Mexican war brought 



