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89. Silver ornament, circular, embossed ; weight 5 dwts. 4 grs. (Unidentified.) 



90. Silver circular ornament having various perforations, and ornamented by 

 waving double lines of dottings. (Dawson Collection, 227.) 91. Portion 

 (smaller) of no. 90. (Dawson Collection, 228.) These portions are now 

 joined, and the total weight is 7 dwts. 23 grs. 92. Portion of handle of 

 spoon (?), plated ; weight 4 dwts. 8 grs. 93. A silver reliquary, presented 

 by Dr. Aquilla Smith. See Proceedings R. I. A., vol. iii, p. 409 ; weight 

 7 dwts. 19 grs. 94. Silver buckle, two perforated silver plates and two studs 

 with loops for being inserted in the plates, one of the studs being set with 

 amber; weight 1 oz. 3 dwts. 10 grs. (Sirr Collection, 267.) (Unidentified.) 

 95. Silver and cameo button with heads of William and Mary ; weight 

 1 dwt. 20 grs. (Sirr Collection, 57.) 96. Silver ornament composed of a 

 barrel-shaped ornamented bead, beneath which are alternate rows of beads 

 and bars gradually increasing in width from 2 beads to 11. From the 

 last bar depend 10 pieces of chain holding an ornament of similar make 

 to that above them, the headings increasing from 11 in first row to 15 in 

 last, below which the last bar holds one large and 10 small plates inlaid 

 with niello. This was found near Drogheda. See number 63. Purchased 

 from Donegan ; weight 10 oz. dwts. 12 grs. 97. Silver chain and rings, 

 6| inches long, holding at one end two portions of similar chain, f inches 

 long, and terminated each by a small, heart-shaped ornament furcated at 

 the end ; weight 5 dwts. 5 grs. 98. A similar article to number 97 ; weight 

 7 dwts. 11 grs. 99. A similar article to number 97 ; weight 7 dwts. 21 grs. 

 100. Silver spoon with round handle. (Unidentified.) 



X> ite. — It must not be inferred that objects marked ' unidentified ' are 

 missing from the collection, but merely that the catalogue descriptions 

 have not enabled the editor, at the time of writing, to make the necessary 

 identifications. 



