32 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1964 



To the division of philately and postal history Baron Takaharu 

 Mitsui of Tokyo, Japan, donated an outstanding group of early letters 

 and documents pertaining to the private posts of 19th-century Japan 

 and the early government postal service of that country. Morrison 

 Waud of Chicago, 111., gave a large and comprehensive collection of 

 United States newspaper stamps, proofs, essays, and forgeries and 

 669 examples of stamped revenue paper. Mr. and Mrs. R. O. D. 

 Hopkins donated a collection of essays and die proofs of the stamps 

 of China and placed additional material of that nature on loan. 

 A large specialized collection of stamps of South Africa was given by 

 Dr. O. L. Harvey. Dr. James Matejka donated early airmail stamps 

 of Syria and a rare airmail stamp of France. Harry L. Lindquist 

 donated a large number of United States and foreign covers, many 

 of which bear special postal markings and commemorative stamps, 

 Charles H. Wuerz, Jr., continued to contribute stamps of Siam in an 

 effort to complete that section of the National Postage Stamp 

 Collection. 



Arts and manufactures. — Ralph E. Becker presented to the division 

 of textiles a comprehensive collection of silk Jacquard woven pic- 

 tures. These interesting examples of an unusual weaving art date 

 from 1867 through the 1930's. The wide variety of subjects include 

 pictures of Columbus sighting America, Betsy Ross stitching the 

 flag, and facsimilies of the signatures of the Declaration of Independ- 

 ence. An excellent collection of American needlework was presented 

 by Dr. Margaret R. Sandels. One of the embroidered pictures, "The 

 Sea Beast," of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., a noted needlewoman, 

 was given by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney de la Rue. A colorful 18th- 

 century floral border by the distinguished French designer Philippe 

 de Lasalle was added to the brocade collection. 



Mrs. Clara W. Berwick supplemented her previous gifts to the 

 division of ceramics and glass by 7-1 pieces of rare early American 

 glass and 22 European and Oriental ivories. Robert H. McCauley 

 presented 65 pieces of Liverpool type transfer printed earthenware, 

 including a nmnber of rare pitchers decorated with American themes. 

 Mr. McCauley is the author of the definitive book Liverpool Transfer 

 Designs on Anglo-American Pottery. Mrs. William A. Sutherland 

 continued to add to the division's collQction of 18tli-century English 

 porcelains. This year she gave 28 fine examples of the production 

 of 10 important factories, including a splendid Derby pitcher and a 

 rare Lowestoft coffeepot. Dr. Hans Syz presented by transfer 53 

 pieces of 18th-century European porcelain. One of the finest collec- 

 tions in America, the Syz collection is especially notable for examples 

 of the important German factories, such as Meissen, Berlin, Hochst, 

 Frankenthal, and Ludwigsburg, and of the extremely rare Viennese 

 porcelain of the DuPaquier period. 



