Gift to Germanic Museum Received.

The Germanic Museum has received in shipment from a committee of German artists and scientists interested in the Museum, the collection given in Germany of copies of the best work of Nuremberg and Augsberg goldsmiths and silver smiths, from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. In the collection are imitations of about fifty-five cups, basins and dishes of various designs, many of them of great beauty, and historic interest. The copies are made of bronze, and are gilded and silvered by an electroplating process. They will be put on exhibition about February 15, but will be stored in Robinson Hall while the glass exhibition cases are being made.

Among the famous cups copied are the Landschadenbund cup, from the Museum of Gratz; a cup presented to Martin Luther, on the occasion of his marriage, by the Wittenberg town council, called the Luther cup; and the Corvinus cup, presented to the Vienna Council by King Corvinus of Hungary in 1642.

Through the courtesy of Emperor William the committee received permission to reproduce several of the finest pieces in his collection. This part of the gift includes the Emperor's cup, made by Wenzel Janntzer of Nuremberg during the sixteenth century. Copies of the private collections of the Kings of Wartemberg and Saxony are also included.

A bound catalogue, giving a history and description of each article has been sent to Professor Francke.