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Willoughby Maynarcl, of New York; models of a schooner yacht 

 and a sloop yacht, representing types of United States vessels intro- 

 duced about 1875 and used on the Atlantic coast, from Mr. Edward 

 Pearce Casey, of New York; and an English watch movement 

 embodying some unique and interesting devices in construction, 

 from Mr. W. E. Emory, of Washington. Ten modern sporting guns 

 used by the naturalists on the Smithsonian African Expedition were 

 deposited by the Smithsonian Institution. 



A provisional extension of the exhibition space into the west hall 

 and two ranges permitted the installation during the year of much 

 additional material withdrawn from storage. Several of the more 

 important exhibits were improved in their arrangement, and advan- 

 tageous changes were made in the installation of the many models 

 received from the United States Patent Office. The bicycles and 

 tricycles, of which there is an interesting series, were cleaned and 

 prepared for exhibition. 



The exhibits of the division were the subject of study and of 

 graphic representation by many individuals, including journalists, 

 publishers, model makers, mural decorators, and representatives of 

 other museums and institutions. Photographs were furnished to a 

 number of applicants, and information relative to the collections 

 and to technical matters was freely given. The models of inventions 

 were utilized by the Patent Office, and were inspected by patent 

 attorneys and others interested in questions of litigation. Several 

 visits were made by the assistant curator in charge of the division, 

 Mr. George C. Maynard, to New York and other places for the 

 purpose of studying collections and of examining material required 

 by or offered to the Museum. 



Ceramics. — There were few additions in ceramics, the principal 

 ones being as follows: An important collection of ancient Korean 

 pottery, assembled and fully catalogued by the late Gustavus Gow- 

 ard, of the United States Consular Service, was deposited by his 

 heirs, through the executrix, Miss Jennie Lawson, of Washington. 

 It consists of 39 pieces, mostly of porcelaneous stoneware with soft, 

 greenish glazes, dating mainly from about the fifteenth century, 

 though a number of the pieces belong to a much earlier period. A 

 Japanese vase, 31 inches high and 22 inches in diameter, presented 

 by General Julius Stahel, of New York, through Mr. Simon Wolf, 

 of Washington, is regarded as an exceptionally fine example of 

 Sumida ware. It is decorated with wistaria blooms in high relief 

 and with colored glazes, and is about 200 years old. A series of 29 

 American tiles from the Mosaic Tile Company, of Zanesville, Ohio, 

 was donated by Mrs. Charles W. Richardson, of Washington, and a 

 vase of Brower ware was lent by Mrs. Julian James, of Washington. 



