MUSEUMS. 63 
Three large dishes, 16in., 17}in. and 18in. in diameter, 
respectively, in Chinese Celadon porcelain; probably made at 
Lung Chuan, in the Province of Chekinang, early in the period of 
the Ming Dynasty (1368—1643). They are decorated with rough 
designs of lotus flowers and foliage incised in the paste under the 
glaze. Dish 133in. diameter, of same porcelain, with fluted rim 
and wavy edge; the centre plain. Dish, diameter 123in., of the 
same porcelain, with rim externally fluted, and decorated inside 
with lotus flowers and a foliage incised under the glaze; wavy edge; 
the centre moulded with a medallion of trellis pattern; by 
Mrs. Caroline B. Horsford, 72, Cheyne Court, Chelsea. 
(d) ACQUISITIONS. 
(1) MisceLLaNnovs. 
Presented : 
Lead Matrix of a Seal, found June, 1915, in a garden at Temple 
Grafton, Warwickshire. The design is a fleur-de-lys, and the 
legend: SIGILL . MATILDE [FILIE?] . ASCELIN . D.G. (The 
seal of Matilda [daughter] of Ascelin, by the Grace of God; 13th 
century work; by Robert Gladstone, Junr., Esq. 
Set of Guinea Scales, in box, and a set of bucket weights, by 
Mr. J. Coward, 2, Florence Road, Seacombe. 
Model No. 1 Remington Typewriter, first placed on the market 
in 1874, by Remington Typewriter Co., Ltd. 
Purchased : 
Series of Implements illustrative of methods of hafting and 
binding flint, and other implements in various localities. 
Selection of appliances to illustrate Fire and Lighting. 
(2) Liverpoot History Room. 
Presented : 
_ Dial of a Grandfather Clock, by ‘‘ W. Lascelles, Toxteth,”’ 
_ by George Eccles & Sons. 
Ticket for the Dejiiner given to Prince Albert on the occasion 
of the opening of the Albert Dock, 1846, by Mr. W. H. Williams. 
