74 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A vase of imitation Samian ware, with slip decoration, and. 

 a piece of mosaic. Loth found at Canterbury ; and a Roman 

 tile from the Fleet River, London. 



A bronze handle, once tinned, belonging to a piece of 

 furniture, and found on the site of a Roman building at 

 Little Addington, Thrapstoue, Northants ; given by Thomas 

 Walters, Esq. 



Fragment of a rough brown pottery urn, with a Greek 

 inscription scratched on the outside ; found in dredging the 

 Thames at Amerden, near Taplow, and given by C. H. 

 Read, Esq. 



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



A saucer-shaped brooch of gilt bronze, v^^itll incised design ;. 

 obtained in Winchester, and given by O. M. Dalton, Esq. 



A silver-gilt enamelled mount, probably for the sheath 

 of a knife or dagger, with figures of monsters ; obtained in 

 Winchester, and given by Reginald A. Smith, Esq. 



Two richly ornamented bronze brooches of the circular 

 Continental type, set with glass pastes, the ground being 

 covered with gold filigree work ; one is said to be from Kent. 



(4.) Mediaeval and Later : — 



(a.) British. — The bronze matrix of the seal of the 

 Hundred of Edmonton, Middlesex, for labourers' passes 

 under the Statute of Cambridge, 1388; given by W. J. 

 Letts, Esq. 



The copper matrix of the seal of the Archdeacon of 

 Colchester, dating from the 17th century. 



A massive gold signet ring of the end of the 16th century, 

 engraved Vv^ith the arms of Bury, of Linv/ood Grange, Lin- 

 colnshire, and of Bath ; found at Ash well, Rutland. 



A gold ring, set with an emerald in a conical bezel, with a 

 French inscription on the hoop, English work of about 1400 -^ 

 found at a tavern in Green Lanes, Hornsey, Middlesex. 



An alabaster carving representing St. Barbara at a window, 

 with standing figures on both sides ; originally coloui-ed in 

 red and black, and dating from the 15th century. 



A gold snuffbox covered with Japanese lacquer, presented 

 personally to Mrs. Sarah Siddons, on her retirement from th& 

 stage, by King George lY. ; given by Colonel W. Siddon'-' 

 Young. 



(b.) Foreign. — Four acquisitions fi'om the sale of the 

 famous Marlborough collection of gems : — 



The onyx cameo of Lucius Yerus. This gem is of 

 Renaissance work, and its setting was one of the most 

 beautiful in the collection, and is equally remarkable for 

 the perfect condition in which it has been preserved. It 

 was originally in the Bessborough Collection (Lot. 478). 



