HEADING 97.06 - ANTIQUES OF AN AGE EXCEEDING ONE HUNDRED YEARS.

99 COMMODITIES

This heading covers all antiques of an age exceeding one hundred years provided they are not included in headings 97.01 to 97.05. The interest of these articles derives from their age and as a general consequence their resulting rarity.Subject to these conditions the heading includes :

(1) Antique furniture frames and panelling.

(2) Products of the printing industry : incunabula and other books music maps engravings (other than those of heading 97.02).

(3) Vases and other ceramic articles.

(4) Textile articles : carpets tapestries embroidery lace and other fabrics.

(5) Jewellery.

(6) Articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares (ewers cups candelabra plate etc.).

(7) Leaded or stained glass windows.

(8) Chandeliers and lamps.

(9) Ironmongers' and locksmiths' wares.

(10) Small ornaments for glass cabinets (boxes sweetmeat boxes snuff boxes tobacco graters caskets fans etc.).

(11) Musical instruments.

(12) Clocks and watches.

(13) Glyptographers' wares (cameos carved stones) and sigillographers' wares (seals etc.).

Provided they retain their original character the heading includes antique articles which have been  repaired or restored. For example the heading includes : antique furniture incorporating parts of modern manufacture (e.g. reinforcements and repairs); antique tapestries leather or fabrics mounted on modern wood. The heading does not cover irrespective of their age pearls natural or cultured or precious or semi-precious stones of headings 71.01 to 71.03.

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