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acquisitions b\> purchase. 



Antiquities. 



Replica of Assyrian " Black Obelisk " in the British Museum. 

 Stone celt in horn haft from Neuchatel. 

 Danish flint spear-head and chisel. 

 Various flint flakes and scrapers. 

 Two Phoenician glass bottles. 



Ethnology. 



Collection of Japanese " netsukes." 



Benin paddle, sword, quiver and arrows, carved gourds, etc., from West 



Africa. 

 Maori nose-flute and " mere " or hand-club of greenstone from New 



Zealand. 

 Two Indian swords, two thrusting daggers or " katas," battle-axe, etc. 

 Two Kaffir clay pipes with coloured designs. 

 Peruvian bird-shaped black earthenware jar. 

 Adze in wooden handle from Society Islands. 

 Samoan war- club. 

 Chinese glass bead bracelet. 

 Salmon-fly fish-hook. 



Industrial Art. 



Portion of Worcester china tea-service, marked " Flight, Barr and Barr." 

 Torrington mayoral staff, inscribed and dated 184 1. 



Bristol Antiquities. 



Three choice Bristol porcelain lozenge-shaped dishes and six plates 



(formerly in the collection of the Countess of Carnarvon). 

 Three Bristol porcelain plates, two tea cups and fluted basin. 

 Bristol pottery tea-pot with yellow glaze, and punch jug. 

 Bristol delft puzzle-jug inscribed with verse. 

 Bristol opaque glass cream- jug and cup. 



Bristol blue glass plate with Verulam crest, marked " J. Jacobs, Bristol." 

 The following specimens of Bristol cut glass : — 



Pair of candlesticks. 



Pair of bowls. 



Pair of custard-cups. 



Trifle- dish. 



Water-jug. 



Cream-jug and 



Wine-glass. 

 The following specimens of Bristol and Nailsea glass : — 



Three coloured glass flasks. 



Two glass flasks in the form of bellows. 



Two coloured glass rolling pins. 



Two glass pestles. 



Coloured glass water-bottle. 



Coloured glass double-flask. 



Dark green glass bottle and 



Glass toasting fork. 

 Silhouette portrait of Edward Brice, Richard Champion's partner. 

 Four buttons of the West of England Fire Brigade. 



