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A fine portrait cameo, executed with considerable vigour^ 

 of a male head, said to be from the hand of Alessandro 

 Cesati (II Greco). It is in an elegant gold mount, enamelled 

 with flowers, probably added in the l7th century (Lot 538). 



Both the above were given by Charles Butler, Esq. 



A double cameo, with busts of Hercules and Omphale ; 

 probably portraits of contemporary personages in these 

 characters. The setting is enamelled, ornamented with 

 scroll-work in relief, and enriched with diamonds and 

 rubies. This gem has the historical interest of having 

 been a gift to the Pope Clement VII. from the Emperor 

 Charles V., and is said to have been afterwards given by 

 the Pope to the Piccolomini of Siena. Both the cameos and 

 the setting are of the Renaissance period (Lot 309). 



A nicolo intaglio, with a mount in the form of a ring, 

 representing the Dioscuri, and according to the Greek 

 inscription upon it was dedicated by Ammonios. Originally 

 in the Bessborough Collection (Lot 256). 



A fine silver-gilt jointed spoon, in its original leather case ; 

 richly ornamented with a floral design in green and black 

 enamel, with a devotional inscription on the stem : Flemish 

 work of the end of the 15th century. A bronze statuette of 

 a queen of the 15th century, probably German ; and a 

 German sepulchral tablet of bronze, to Peter Scholtz and 

 his wife Elisabeth Bornschleglin, cast by Balthasar Lichten- 

 felser, at Bamberg, 1594. All given by Max Rosenheim, 

 Esq., F.S.A, 



The bronze matrix of the seal of Jehan Salle, Escuier ; 

 French, 14th century. 



An " Osmund," or pointed bar of iron, as imported into this 

 country from Sweden in the middle ages ; found at West 

 Blatchington, near Brighton, and figured and described in 

 the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, Vol. XVIL ; 

 given by J. T, Micklethwaite, Esq., F.s.A. 



A gilt-bronze mount of a powder-horn, with open-work 

 design : French work of the 16th century ; given by 

 H. J. Pfungst, Esq., f.s.a. 



A gunner's level, of brass, for sighting artillery, made by 

 Jost Miller, at Strasburg, 1609 ; figured and described in 

 Scott's The British Army, Vol. II., page 248. 



(5.) Ceramic and Glass Collections : — ■ 



(a.) Oriental Wares. — A porcelain bowl of celadon ware 

 with crackled glaze, the outside ornamented in relief, with a 

 conventional floral design. Its undamaged condition renders 

 it a rare specimen, as the pieces generally found are wasters 

 from the long extinct factory at Sawan-Kalok, Siam ; given 

 by T. H. Lyle, Esq. 



A porcelain bottle, four bowls and four saucers of white- 

 glazed ware, some wdth floral decoration in blue, from Corea ; 

 given by Dr. W. G. K. Barnes, k.n. 



