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49. Silver ; the hoop is broad and flat, with applied foliate ornament, 

 joined at the back by a beaded line. The bezel is missing. (Plate XXVI, 

 fig. 19.) External diameter J-| of an inch ; weight i dwts. 12| grs. (Dawson 

 CoUection, 118.) 



50. Unidentified. 



51. Silver ; ornamental hoop with shoulders of pierced work. The bezel 

 is tooth-shaped and contains a tooth ; it is engraved at the back with a 

 crucifixion, and on the inside of the ring in Irish characters is inscribed the 

 well-known term of endearment, Cuirle mo Cporoe. This and the following 

 ring belong to a well-known German type of seventeenth century or later 

 date. The German examples are often set with the teeth of the young roe- 

 buck. This ring would seem to have been used as a love ring in Ireland, but 

 the type may have been amuletic, the teeth being used as charms. The Irish 

 inscription was probably engraved on the ring in the early nineteenth century. 

 It was found in Townsend Street, Dublin, in 1831. Greatest external diameter, 

 including bezel, 1 inch ; weight 1 dwt. 13 J grs. (Dawson Collection, 106.) 



52. Silver, similar to last, but the shoulders have a piece of glass set in 

 gold placed upon them en placard. There is no inscription or crucifixion on 

 the inside of the ring. (Plate XXVI, fig. 16.) Greatest external diameter 

 1 inch ; weight 5 dwts. 17 grs. (Sirr Collection, 47.) 



53. Silver ; plain hoop, pointed-oval bezel with a projecting knob at each 

 side, the shoulders being similarly ornamented. Greatest external diameter 

 i£ of an inch ; weight 2 dwts. 7i grs. 



54. Silver ; broad hoop ornamented with grooves, bezel star-shaped with 

 eight points ; the four claws contain a piece of coloured glass. Greatest 

 external diameter, including bezel, 1J inches ; weight 3 dwts. 7 grs. 



55. Silver or white metal plain wire hoop, circular bezel with a beaded 

 edge, containing a setting of iron pyrites; diameter, including bezel, it of an 

 inch ; weight 1 dwt. 15 grs. 



56. Silver ; the hoop is round in section ; the shoulders are decorated with 

 a lotus flower in relief; the pointed-oval bezel contains a faceted piece of red 

 glass. Possibly oriental. Greatest external diameter, including bezel, 1 inch ; 

 weight 2 dwts. 15 grs. (Dawson Collection, 105.) 



Ecclesiastical Antiquities. 



Chalices, Patens, and Crosiers. 



The portion of the catalogue dealing with the ecclesiastical antiquities is 

 short, though the descriptions of the objects are very full. One chalice, a 

 base of a chalice or monstrance, one paten, four crosiers, and six bells are 



