MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS. 



97 



No. of 

 Case. 



No. of 

 Object. 



Locality, &c. 



How procured. 



Br. 222. 



Br. 223. 



xiii. b. 



xiii. b. 



Br. 224. 



Br. 225. 



mediaeval stylus, or " greffe," a much 

 rarer thing. 



Dorchester. 



A solid stemmed, simple key, only if in. 

 long. 



Dorchester. 



A statuette of Mercury, 3 fin. high over 

 all. He is sitting on a rock of lead, to 

 which the statuette is fastened by little 

 pegs or dowels, cast in the bronze. The 

 workmanship is rough, but not inartistic. 

 The figure has not the petasus or hat, nor 

 the caduceus or serpent-twined rod, nor 

 the winged feet, all characteristic of Mer- 

 cury. But from the crumena or purse in 

 the left hand, wings on the head, and from 

 the identity of the general design with that 

 of the fine bronze Mercury of Herculaneum, 

 there is no doubt as to the attribution of 

 this statuette. It was found more than 

 1 40 years ago. (See Hutchins' "Hist, of 

 Dorset," ed. i., Vol. I., p. 38.) 



West ham, Wejy mouth. 



A statuette of Hercules, standing 4fin. 

 high over all. It is very rudely cast 



Charlton Marshal, Blandford. 



A pair of tweezers of better make than 

 other specimens here. See Br. 178 and 

 245. Br. 225 is not made like the others 

 of a simple flat strip of bronze. The arms 

 are brought to a convex shape outwardly. 

 At the upper end they are beaten out into 

 an oval flat shape, and are joined with a 



Given by 

 J. Garland, Esq. 



Given by 

 . Stone, Esq. 



Given by the 

 Rev. A. Gordon. 



Given by 

 J. C. Mansel- 

 Pleydell, Esq. 



