Pistorino & Co. v. United States

Be, Chief Judge:

The legal question presented in this case pertains to the proper classification, for Customs duty purposes, of certain *170bronze carvings imported from Italy. These carvings, called “pinnacles,” were approximately 5 to 12 feet in length, and after importation were assembled to form a crown approximately 28 feet wide and 120 feet around. The crown was then placed or affixed as the top of a tower in a building complex in East Boston, Mass., known as the Madonna Queen National Shrine. On one facade of the tower, and below the crown, is a statue of Mary, the Mother of Christ,…