Gasparri Studios v. United States

Mollison, Judge:

The merchandise the subject of this protest consists of a number of pieces of marble and a bronze grille which, when assembled, were *471intended to and ultimately did surround and enclose a picture of the Madonna and Child, the Madonna representing the Queen of Peace, the whole being installed in the Roman Catholic Church of St. Rosalia in Brooklyn, N. Y. The imported merchandise was assessed by the collector of customs as an entirety as an article, not specially provided for, the component material of chief value of which is marble, at the rate of 25 percent ad valorem under the…