Arnart Imports, Inc. v. United States

Donlon, Judge:

The merchandise of this litigation was included in an importation from Japan on December 17, 1956, at the port of New York. The litigated merchandise is described as wall plaques. Each plaque consists of a porcelain center with a raised figure or figures attached by metal toggles to a velvet pad and enclosed in a decorated wooden frame, to which frame the velvet pad is affixed by nails.

The importation includes three similar lots of these wall plaques. The collector liquidated one lot (item 6857 on the invoice) as en-tireties, including the porcelain center, the metal toggles,…