xliv. THE FIRST WINTER MEETING. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. N. M. RICHARDSON, (1) iron filigree earrings 

 believed to be reproductions in iron of jewellery which was 

 given to the State by Prussian ladies during the Napoleonic 

 wars, 1813-15 ; (2) an Elizabethan stoneware jug with con- 

 temporary pewter mountings which were very unusual in 

 that metal, as silver was almost always employed. Also 

 an unmounted specimen of similar ware ; (3) an iron 

 cross 12 inches long recently found at Sandsfoot Castle, 

 and which was believed to be a cross used to mark a 

 grave. This was lent for exhibition by the Corporation of 

 Wey mouth. 



By Mr. HENRY SYMONDS, (1) photographs of a Late Bronze 

 Age sepulchral urn of an unusual type, recently found at 

 Puncknowle. This type, which formed a transition between 

 the food vessel and the cinerary urn, was not represented in 

 the Dorchester Museum, and it had been possible to arrange 

 that the specimen should be added to the Museum's collection. 

 (2) a parchment deed written in Norman French and dated 

 1302 with the heraldic seal of the Daumarle (or Damarell) 

 family, who were connected with the Courtneys ; (3) a 

 " touchpiece " in copper, struck at the Tower mint during 

 the reign of Charles I., and used at the ceremony of touching 

 those afflicted with the King's evil. 



By Dr. H. COLLEY MARCH, two fragments of coal, from his 

 own cellar, showing the bulb of percussion and conchoidal 

 fracture on one side and the dorsal ridge on the other side, 

 exactly similar in result to the handiwork of the flint- 

 knapper. 



By Mr. ALFRED POPE, an Indian charm engraved upon a 

 hard black stone and mounted in silver. 



By Canon FLETCHER and the Rev. H. PENTIN, various 

 chains and one volume to illustrate the paper by the first- 

 named on Chained Books. 



By Mrs. T. A. PEARCE, (1) a fine axe of jade from New 

 Zealand ; (2) a pair of old Dutch engravings. 



