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An ivory pommel with satyr head, and a carved medallion 

 in pearl shell. Italian 16th century. 



Three boxes containing counters for games, draught boards, 

 men, dice, &c. ; presented by the executors of the late Lady 

 Charlotte Schreiber. 



Bronze escutcheon with the arms of France, 18th century; 

 presented by Henry Willett, Esq. 



A cameo bust in onyx of a female head in gold mount, early 

 present century ; bequeathed by Mrs. Anne Servantes. 



An alabaster copy of the Portland Vase, probably made in 

 Italy in the last century ; presented by Forbes E. Hallett, 

 Esq. 



(5.) Ceramic and Glass Collections : — 

 (a.) Chinese and Japanese Porcelain, Persian, &c. — A few 

 additions have been made to the Franks Collection. A 

 number of specimens of popular Chinese pottery and porcelain, 

 collected by the donor at Yaumati ; presented by Dr. W. G. K. 

 Barnes, r.n. 



A square vase of elegant form, painted in green enamel on 

 a yellow ground; presented by George Salting, Esq., F.s.A. 



A porcelain plate, with a peony in relief, probably Seto 

 ware ; presented by Julius Spier, Esq. 



A candlestick of lustred Persian ware, and the foot of 

 another, found at Fostat, near Cairo ; presented by Henry 

 Wallis, Esq. 



Three vases of early Persian pottery, one of them re- 

 sembling in form a pharmacy jar, and a small jug or coffee 

 pot of later date. 



Fi\e Persian tiles and eleven other specimens of Persian 

 pottery ; presented by Sir A. Wollaston Franks, k.c.b. 



(b.) Continental. — Six wall tiles of Moorish design of early 

 15th century work, from Toledo, and four tiles of 16th cen- 

 tury date, from the province of Seville; presented by Senor 

 Don Guillermo J. de Osma. 



A bowl with sgraffiato design of a bird, probably 14th cen- 

 tury and Italian work, from Cairo, and two painted tiles of 

 Italian ware of early 16th century. 



A plate, probably of Faenza ware, and two late examples of 

 Italian pottery ; presented by Sir A. Wollaston Franks, k.c.b. 



A green glazed German stove-tile, with subject in relief, 

 dated 1689. 



A large series of pottery vessels, &c., German, Italian, &c., 

 chiefly found in London, and from the collection of the late 

 Mr. Lof tus Brock ; a large flask of Rhenish stoneware ; a 

 stove-tile of German pottery, from LUneburg, and a fine 

 panel of Alcora ware, with the Bearing of the Cross, from the 

 Reynolds Collection ; two vessels of German pottery ; all 

 presented by Sir A. Wollaston Franks, k.c.b. 



(c.) English. — A number of mediaeval and later vessels 



found in London, from the collection of the late Mr. Loftus 



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