BKITISH AND MEDIEVAL ANTIQUITIES, 67 



During the year there have been 1,693 visitors to the 

 studies of this Department, 



The collection bequeathed by the late Baron Ferdinand 

 Rothschild was only received in 1899, and will be described in 

 the Report for the present year. 



II. — A cquisitions. 

 (1.) Early British and Prehistoric Antiquities : — 



A number of flint instruments, bronze spear-heads and 

 butts, and iron implements from Taplow ; given by Mrs. 

 Benson. Also three bronze spear-heads from the same 

 locality. 



Eight stone implements from the West Indies. Bronze 

 armlet, tooth and flint arrow-head, found in a cromlech at 

 Staouli, near Algiers ; given by Mrs. Eustace Smith. 



Bronze dagger with serrated edge from Crete. Bronze 

 bowl of large size found at Lound, Sufl'olk, and given by the 

 Directors of the Lowestoft Water and Gas Company. 



A remarkable bronze halbert found at Triplatz, Potsdam. 

 Bronze socketed celt of very thin metal found near Kreuz- 

 nach, and given by Dr. Ulrich Jahn. 



A series of bronze dagger-sheaths, brooches, pins and other 

 objects, chiefly from Ireland and the Thames. A British 

 cinerary urn found in Lincoln, and a smaller one with 

 indented design from Lancashire. 



Three pieces of prehistoric Egyptian pottery with painted 

 ornament ; given by Professor W. M. Flinders Petrie. And 

 several other specimens of red and black ware, found at 

 Ballas ; given by the Egyptian Research Account. 



(2.) Anglo-Roman: — 



A patera of Samian ware and pottery vases found at 

 Histed, near Sittingbourne ; given by F. Chrisfield, Esq. 



Fragment of a mortarium in Samian ware from the site 

 of a Roman floor at Leicester ; given by W. T. Tucker, 

 Esq., F.G.S. 



(3.) Anglo-Saxon and Foreign Teutonic : — 



An iron buckle and fragments inlaid with gold and silver, 

 from Frankish graves near Kreuznach ; given by Dr. Ulrich 

 Jahn. 



A Saxon urn found in the parish of Catton-Eadrood, 

 Norwich ; given by Morgan S. Williams, Esq., f.s.a. 



(4.) Mediceval and Later : — 



(a.) British. — Gold astronomical watch, dated 1778-9, made 

 by Geo. Margetts, London ; given by J. Billington Booth, 

 Esq., J. P., F.R.A.S. 



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