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DONATIONS. 



Specimens of Chinese, Japanese, and Mediaeval Ivories ; four Gold 

 Watches ; Gold Ornaments from South America ; specimens of Eomano- 

 British Pottery ; two rare Roman leaden Seals of the Emperor Con- 

 stantino ; two Persian Seals ; three Phoenician Seals ; a Babylonian 

 Haematite Cylinder ; two Plaster Casts of a Babylonian Tablet ; a Slip 

 Ware Mug, inscribed " Richard, 1680 ; " a Delft Bowl, probably Liver- 

 pool ware of Alderman Shaw, painted with flowers and ship, and lettered 

 Success to the William and Mary ; a pottery figure of an Old 

 Liverpool Military Volunteer, with the Liver on his cap ; a large 

 circular Dish of early Staffordshire Slip Ware, with figures of a Man, 

 Hare, and Dog, and the initials T.H. ; a Staffordshire Slip Ware Dish, 

 with figure and title of " St. George, 1730 ; " a collection of small 

 objects in Wedgwood Ware, consisting of Necklaces, Cameos, Intaglios, 

 &c. ; two Dessert Knives and one Fork, with blue and white Jasper 

 Wedgwood Ware handles, and five Japanese Nutskis in Ivory; pre- 

 sented by Mr. Joseph Mayer, F.S.A. 



A fragment of Mediaeval Pottery, found at Burley Hill, near Derby ; 

 presented by Mr. William Bemrose, Jun. 



An ancient Copper Ingot and other small Egyptian Antiquities ; 

 collected and presented by the Rev. G. J. Chester. 



A small Musical Instrument, 18 inches in length, composed of 17 

 cane pipes and wind box, lacquered and mounted in silver, from the 

 Port of Hiogo, Japan ; presented by Mr. 0. Heywood Jones. 



An inscribed Turkish Tombstone of Hajji Othman Agha, dated Zul 

 Haggah, A.H., 1147 (corresponding to May, A.D. 1734) ; presented by 

 the Rev, R. J. Livingstone, M.A. 



An Oriental Plate, with the name of Coomhe of Bristol, on the back ; 

 presented by Miss Lovell. 



A large two-handled Tyg and Cover of early Liverpool Slip Ware, 

 lettered A.W., and covered with Birds and Devices, and a carved 

 wooden Ladle ; presented by Mr. John Melson. 



A fragment of Slip Ware found in King Edward Street, Oxford ; 

 presented by Mr. John Henry Parker, C.B. 



A large piece of Egyptian Mummy Cloth found in a Tomb at Abydos, 

 in 1856, a Scarahcem Beetle found at Denderah, and a fragment of 



