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development of refining ideas in the decoration of these 

 Vases, commencing in the 7th century B.C., with geometric 

 designs, including figures of animals, and occasionally of 

 human beings ; and concluding with white and purple designs 

 on black glaze in the 3rd and 4th century b.c. The best 

 examples of Greek vase-painting, severe and fine in the 

 drawing, and very simple in the composition of the design, 

 occur in the 4th century b.c. 



The Egyptian antiquities have 250 places in the catalogue, 

 and cover a period of 1000 years, viz. — from 1333 to 350 

 B.C. Thebes was a city, where, at a very early age, the 

 finest specimens of glass work were manufactured by the 

 blow pipe. 



In the Oallaly Museum there is a large collection of 

 Metal Bronze Work, chiefly from Herculaneum and Pompeii. 



Among the Greeks and Romans, gold and silver seem 

 to have been in use as plate, before these metals were cir- 

 culated as money. A gold bulla or pendant, worn by 

 Hostus Hostilius, a Roman general, and grandfather of 

 TuUus Hostilius, and who was killed in the Sabine war, 

 in the time of Romulus, 753 b.c, with the letters " Host. 

 Hos.," is a specimen unique in the lists of Roman gold 

 ornaments. 



Catalogue No. 3786 is a life-size marble Statue of 

 Pandora, by C. B. Joes of Rome, 1856. 



No. 3787 is a life-size marble statue of Rebecca, by Hein- 

 rich Imhoff, Rome 1544 ; in the pedestals of it are statues 

 of a very high class. 132 paintings, by such artists as 

 Sir I. Lawrence, the Richardsons, Van de Velde, Guericino, 

 Piombino, Morland, Hogarth, May Smith, and Carmichael, 

 impart lustre to this superb collection of art treasures. 

 The antiquities number 4079 items in the catalogue. 



For this numerous and valuable collection Major Browne 

 erected an admirably proportioned and lighted museum, 

 placed in the relation of a wing to the Castle. 



In his earlier days Major Browne had travelled in 

 Australia, India, South Africa, and America ; and brought 

 home many specimens characteristic of these quarters of 

 the globe. 



