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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