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Sextant in mahogany case, made by Gary, London, formerly 

 the property of David Walker, surgeon and naturalist under Sir 

 L. McClintock in the search for Franklin 1857-9. Presented hy 

 Miss Constance M, Steel, 



Steel official seal-matrix of the Nyassaland Protectorate (temp. 

 George V.), damaged by fire and replaced. Presented hy the 

 Lord President of the Council. 



(b) Foreign. — Slerieis. of bronze seal-matrices, Italian, 14th 

 century and later, collected by Commander Francesco Grecchi, 

 Milan. 



Gold seal-ring, N. Lombard, found at Bergamo, Italy. 



Bronze seal-matrix of Jean d'Orlencourt, found in digging 

 trenches near Arras, 1917. Presented hy Major E. St. Clair 

 Harnett. 



Sard intaglio signed AIIOAAflNUOT, formerly in the 

 Poniatowski Collection. Bequeathed hy Eleanore Anne, widow 

 of Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Trevelyan, K.C.B., through Mrs. James 

 Anstruther. 



(5) Ceramic and Glass Collections: — 



(a) Oriental Wares. — Earthenware model of a cooking-stove, 

 Chinese, Han dynasty. Presented hy Lady Cunard. 



Three Chinese pottery specimens of the Han dynasty, two of 

 the T'ang dynasty, a pottery figure of the T'ang dynasty, and 

 two pottery bowls, Ming dynasty, from tombs in Szechuan, S.W. 

 China. 



Vase, T'ang dynasty, with enamelled colours. 



Two Chinese porcelain bowls, one of the Sung, the other of 

 the Ming dynasty, and fifteen specimens of Japanese pottery 

 and porcelain. Presented hy the Misses Alexander. 



A remarkable stoneware glazed bulb-bowl, Chiin Yao, Sung 

 dynasty, made at Chiin Chou, Honan ; given in commemoration 

 of Sir Hercules Read's completion of 40 years' service at the 

 Museum. Presented hyG. Eumorfopoulos, Esq., F.S.A. 



Chinese pottery tiles, one blue-glazed, from the Temple of 

 Heaven, the other green-glazed, from the Temple of Confucius, 

 the latter taken during the Boxer Rising at Pekin. Presented 

 hy Alfred Harhurn, Esq. 



Early Persian pottery bowl. Presented hy Sir Henry 

 Howorth, K.C.I.E., through the National Art Collections Fund. 



Persian lustre-bottle, with date 1180 a.d. 



Six specimens of modem ware in the ancient style, made at 

 Xutahia, Anatolia. Presented hy Mrs. J. Valentine Salvage. 



(h) Continental. — Eight jugs of majolica, 15th and 16th 

 centuries, found in excavations at Orvieto, Italy. 



Dutch Delft figure, about 1660. Bequeathed hy Thomas 

 Boynton, Esq., F.S.A. 



Nine pottery fragments from waste-heaps at Bologna, Italy; 

 eight pottery tiles from Toledo, and two pottery bowls excavated 

 in Seville, Spain. Presented hy Dr. W. L. Hildhurgh, F.S.A. 



Cup and saucer of Capo di Monte porcelain. 



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