REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1910. 23 
embracing Japanese astronomical instruments, electrical apparatus, 
microscopes, surveying instruments, and standard mechanical gauges, 
and 208 small wooden models of agricultural implements of primitive 
and advanced designs, were transferred from the museum of the 
United States Bureau of Education. One hundred and thirty-three 
objects, comprising ancient matchlock, wheel-lock and flintlock guns 
and pistols, a large number of East Indian and Filipino swords, 
daggers, and knives, and several more modern arms, were lent by 
Mrs. Charles W. Hickman, of Augusta, Georgia. The collection con- 
tains many specimens which are not only superior as effective weap- 
ons, but also remarkable for their artistic design. 
All of the material belonging to this division which had been taken 
from the Ninth Street annex and the armory shed to the new Museum 
building for overhauling in the spring of 1909 was carefully exam- 
ined, classified, and scheduled. Every box was opened, every speci- 
men inspected, and an accurate record of each was made. In April, 
1910, following the completion of this task, it was moved over to the 
old Museum building, in which the division will remain, as many of 
the objects as possible being placed in the exhibition cases available. 
With few exceptions, the accessions of the year have also been put 
on exhibition. No extended investigations were undertaken by - 
members of the staff, but many persons from outside have made use 
of the collections, either for research or for purely practical ends. 
Ceramics.—Among the additions to the ceramic gallery, which were 
very few, the following loans may be mentioned: Three fine exam- 
ples of yellow Chinese porcelain to the valuable collection of Miss 
E. R. Scidmore, of Washington; 19 specimens of Hispano-Moresque 
and Brower ware, and other objects of interest, from Miss Julia Chad- 
wick, of Washington; 4 examples of cloisonné enamel, a cinnabar 
lacquer box, and an ancient Roman terra-cotta head, from the estate 
of Olive Risley Seward, through Miss Sara Carr Upton, executrix; a 
lacquered vase presented to Dr. James Chadwick by the Emperor 
of Japan, from Mr. Robert Hinckley, of Washington; an ‘‘ Apostle” 
pitcher, from Mrs. Mary C. Blandin, of Glenarm, Maryland; and 46 
pieces of old English china formerly belonging to the Haswell and 
Plimpton families of Vermont and Massachusetts, from Miss Kath- 
erine Noyes, of Washington. The Olive Risley Seward collection 
was rearranged and labeled by Miss Upton. 
Graphic arts—Many examples of reproductions by new processes, 
both of black and white and of color prints, were received during the 
year. A mezzotint of John Randolph, by Sartain, presented by Mr. 
David Sulzberger, of Philadelphia, is an important contribution to 
the historical series of engravings, being a representative example 
of the work of this noted American engraver. Among the additions 
in photography were two exquisite portraits of a lady, in platinum, 
