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least in show windows and shops, a quite popular recognition. The case is 

 made of glass plates, riveted, bolted or clamped together, holding, in the best 

 instances, a narrow strip of thin material, between their appressed edges. In 

 such an arrangement there is of course no wooden sash, frame, etc., and the 

 enthusiastic advocates of this system point out the clear view of all the contents 

 of a case from any angle, and the disappearance of the heavy and clumsy equip- 

 ments of wood, and the absolute dust-proof ness of the cases, so made. 



Fu;. (.'). — Table case, University of Toronto Museum. 



I am indebted to F. X. Ganter, the proprietor of the Crystal All Glass show 

 cases, for the very striking illustration of the contrast between the usual wooden- 

 framed group case, and the glass case constructed by Mr. Ganter for the same 

 purpose (Fig. 77). Mr. Ganter has been very successful in the adaptation of 

 this system, and at his show rooms (Leadenhall and Stockholm streets, Baltimore) 

 the serviceable and attractive examples of his manufacture can be readily 

 inspected. 



Certainly there seems an increasing possibility of the use of this system, in 

 some measure, in museums. It might be attractively combined with the ordi- 

 nary construction, and it has had and will have the salutary effect of diminishing 



