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and, having there narrowly escaped the melting pot, had been 

 transferred to the cabinet of a neighbouring antiquary,* has at 

 length through the liberality of Mr. S. Kenrick, of West 

 Bromwich, been safely deposited on the very site, and amidst a 

 great portion of the remains of the Monastery for the use of 

 which it was originally designed. 



* J. Blount, Esq., at whose death the mortar, with the rest of his 

 collection of antiquities, being put up to sale by auction, was purchased 

 at a considerable price by Mr, S. Kenrick. It is of bell metal, weighs 

 76 lb., and measures in height 9 inches, and in width at the top 

 114 inches. It bears two inscriptions : the upper, 



iM^m^^^^- 33©^. iHSmiiE. (&3B0M. the lower, + d^M. 



