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...than 4600 volumes have been added to the Institute of Technology library the past year, making the total more than 50,000. One of the most recent acquisition is 261 volumes, the gift of Thomas Gaffield, a retired Boston merchant. These books treat of the manufacture of glass and porcelain, and are many of them very rare. The volumes date back to 1647. Two of them are valued at $100 each, and the whole collection is worth...
...Sargent died suddenly Tuesday night at his home, 184 Beacon street, Boston. Mr. Sargent was born July 5, 1848, and fitted for college at the Roxbury Latin School. He graduated from Harvard in 1870. While in college he was a member of the Pudding, Porcelain and other clubs. After graduation he studied civil law in Germany for two years, and, upon his return entered the Harvard Law School, taking his degree in 1875. He practiced for a few years and then went into business, becoming treasurer of the Lawrence Manufacturing Co., and remained in this position up to the time...
Princeton College has received a gift of over 30,000 pieces of pottery and porcelain, illustrating the history and progress of art from the earliest Egyptian period down to the present time...
...catalogue of members and a list of the books in the library of the Porcelain Club has been published recently...
...rich in collections, possessing the "Sheldon Jackson collection of North American antiquities," the "Van Sennep collection of Greek terra cotta heads," the Maimon collection of Assyrian gems. Many examples of Mexican and Peruvian pottery and other collections of minor importance. In addition the Trumbull-Prime collection of pottery and porcelain, of New York, is awaiting its reception in the new art building. Lately, it has added much material to its collections of photo graphs, books, slides and sketches...