Bing & Co.'s Successors v. United States

Certain pots, baskets, bonbonieres, jardinieres, bowls, inkstands, boxes, blotter and paper holders, candlesticks, and coupes of earthen*212ware, reported by the deputy appraiser to be ornamented with bronze, were classified by the collector of customs at the port of New York as ornamented earthenware and assessed for duty at 60 per cent ad valorem under the provisions of paragraph 93 of the tariff act of August 5, 1909, of which paragraph the part material to this case reads as follows:

93. China, * * *, earthen, * * *, and crockery ware, including clock cases with or without movements, * * *,…