66 MUSEUMS. 
A new mahogany case has been made for the exhibition of a 
selection of Greek Vases, and a second is on order. 
Not unfrequently exhibits are received in such a damaged 
condition (especially Egyptian antiquities) that a great deal of care 
and much time has necessarily to be spent in repairing them before 
they are fit for exhibition. This work demands an intimate 
knowledge of the various objects, and a large amount of technical 
skill, for which a special formatore is usually required, and 
necessarily takes up a great deal more of the Assistant Curator’s time 
than should be so employed. 
During the year photographs have been taken of several exhibits 
for the purpose of study or for illustration in publications, as 
follows :— 
Leaf of an Ivory Dyptych of Philip the Arab (10.042) to Charlotte 
Bogert; the same Ivory to Messrs. Mansell & Co.; a Group of 
English Karthenware, to Mr. H. HE. Kidson; Wedgwood Cup and 
Saucer, Russian Service, to Dr. Williamson; and Professor G. 
Baldwin Brown, of Edinburgh, has spent much time photographing 
many of the Anglo-Saxon Antiquities as illustrations to his lectures. 
(6) Loans anp DeEposirs. 
The collection of Chinese Porcelain, decorated after the Japanese 
style, 17th and 18th centuries, deposited by Mr. John Mellor, Junr., 
June 24th, 1904, and the comparative exhibit of Japanese Porcelain, 
lent by Mr. John Mellor, Junr., and Mr. J. Duveen, have, through 
the kindness of the owners, been continued on exhibition during the 
past year. 
The Stone Quern, from an old farm at Sefton, deposited - by 
Mr. W. E. Gregson, still remains ou loan. 
The Steatite head, from Mano, Mendi country, Sierra Leone, 
West Africa, deposited by Mr. W. I. C. Morriss, was returned to 
the owner (26. 7. 07). 
Canoe, found in Martin Mere, near Southport; deposited by the 
Southport Corporation (7. 7. 07). 
