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Greek Vases and Lamps. — Millingen, in his 

 Painted Greek Vases, London, 1822, at p. 67., 

 gives a description of a vase with the following 

 rare inscription : A22TEA2 ErPA^EN. He also 

 mentions that there are two more vases painted 

 by the same artist. Now by comparison with a 

 lamp in my possession, I can go farther than this, 

 and show that the Greek potters were also some- 

 times .painters of pottery as well ; for on this 

 lamp, which is modelled in light red clay, ap- 

 parently all handwork and not painted at all, 

 there occurs the same name of Asteas, spelt in 

 the same curious way, viz. with a double 2. This 

 little lamp is very neatly made. On the top is 

 the name and the not unfrequent symbol of a ser- 

 pent coiling its tail with a branch of myrtle. On 

 the bottom, scratched into the moist clay, are the 

 letters © : <J>. I. What do they .stand for ? While I 

 am writing on the subject, I should like to ask 

 whether the names at the bottom of Roman lamps 

 refer to the potters or to the persons for whom 

 they were made. J. C. J. 



©umetf. 



Lappets. — Having been asked by a lady friend 

 of mine what is the origin of the lappets which 

 are an essential appendage to a lady's court dress, 

 I should feel much obliged if any of the readers 

 of " N. & Q." can give me any information on 

 the subject, and also how far back tbey can be 

 traced as having been worn. Exceesior. 



Sir Jonas Moore. — In Murray's Handbook, 

 Kent and Sussex, published in 1858, p. 10., it is 

 stated, that " the Observatory at Greenwich was 

 erected in 1675, on the site of Duke Humphry's 

 Tower, .... the remains of which were taken 

 down by Charles II." 



It is not generally known whom the " Merry 

 Monarch" entrusted with the erection of this 

 Observatory. Tradition has attributed it to Sir 

 John Vanbrugh. The time is not so remote but 

 that unquestionable evidence might be obtained 

 to determine the matter, in which, perhaps, the 

 following extract from the epitaph to the memory 

 of Sir Jonas Moore in the Tower Chapel may 

 somewhat assist : — 



"Et imprimis astronomise et nauticse artis fautorem 



Bcneficentissimum se prsebuit ; 



Easque promovendi causa 



Speculam Grenovicensem (jubente rcge) 



Exstiui curavit, 



Instruments idoneis locupletavit, 



Editisque matnematicis operib; utilissimus 



Orbi inclaruit." 



This clearly shows Sir Jonas Moore's share in 

 its erection, and how much the observatory was 

 indebted to him for its first supply of instruments. 



Not only was Sir Jonas a great mathematician 



(as such he is celebrated in quaint old Pepys), 

 but he acquired fame as an author, having pub- 

 lished works on arithmetic, fortification, and artil- 

 lery. In after time his work on Fortification 

 does not seem to have been regarded with appre- 

 ciation, as Horneck, in his Remarks on Fortifica- 

 tion, published in 1738, thus disparagingly alludes 

 to it : — " There is a small treatise, published in 

 the name of Sir Jonas Moore, scarce worthy that 

 great man's character." 



From his vast knowledge of military science, 

 and his well-known habits of industry and appli- 

 cation, he was appointed by Charles II. to the 

 office as Surveyor -general of the Ordnance. He 

 died on the 27th August, 1679, and his remains 

 lie in the Tower Chapel. The marble tablet to 

 his memory is set in the pillar, supporting the 

 gallery, nearest the chancel. 



Captain Jonas Moore, supposed to be his grand- 

 son, was killed at Carthagena in 1741, while 

 serving as chief engineer at the siege. 



Is anything farther known of Sir Jonas Moore 

 and his descendants ? M. S. R. 



Brornpton Barracks. 



[Sir Jonas Moore's only son bad the honour of knight- 

 hood conferred on him, and the reversion of his father's 

 place of Surveyor-general of the Ordnance ; " but," adds 

 Aubrey, " Young Sir Jonas, when he is old, will never be 

 old Sir Jonas, for all the Gazette's eulogie." Mr. Potinger, 

 old Sir Jonas's son-in-law, was one of the editors of his 

 Mathematical Works, 1681. An account of this respect- 

 able mathematician will be found in Chalmers's Biog. 

 Diet, a list of his works in Watt's Bibliotheca, and the 

 inscription on his monument in the Gent. Mag. J11I3-, 

 1817, p. 3. Among the Luttrell collection of broadsides 

 in the British Museum is a folio sheet, entitled, " To the 

 Memory of my most Honoured Friend, Sir Jonas Moore, 

 Knight, late Surveyor- general of His Majesty's Ordnance 

 and Armories," a poetical elegy.] 



Discoloured Coins. — I should feel much obliged 

 if any correspondent of " N. & Q." would kindly 

 say the best way of restoring some silver coins 

 forming part of a proof pattern set complete of 

 the present reign ? They have become much tar- 

 nished, and nearly copper-colour, although great 

 care has been taken of them, and they are seldom 

 removed from the case in which they were pur- 

 chased. What could have caused this ? The case 

 is lined at bottom with purple velvet and on the 

 top with white satin, and it is on the side nearest 

 the latter that they have become chiefly dis- 

 coloured. My object is, if possible, to restore 

 them without injuring the freshness of the die. 



Bristoliensis. 



Wm. Mason. — Mr. Holland, in his lives of 

 Tke Poets of Yorkshire, notices a Wm. Mason, of 

 Guisborough, who died at the age of twenty-five, 

 about the year 1840. An account of his life, 

 written by Mr. J. W. Orde, was published in a 

 local periodical at Stokeslcy. Can any one give 

 any account of Mr. Mason's poetical writings? X. 



