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these is No 189, a cameo with the head of Perseus of indif- 

 ferent work, but in a beautiful sixteenth- century frame of 

 gold, enamelled, by which it seems to have been affixed to 

 some larger object ; it is inscribed S. PHEYG. PERCVTIET 

 DEVS POTENTES TERR^ ET E CCELO DESCENDET ALTISSIMVS. 



The head must have been mistaken for that of one of the 

 Sybils, and the object to which it was attached may have 

 been therefore ornamented with twelve such medallions. No. 

 173, a shell cameo, unfortunately much decayed, with two 

 heads ; it has been mounted in gold as a locket, and richly 

 enamelled with arabesques. No. 266, an intaglio on sard, of 

 Hercules and the Cretan bull, in a gold frame set with jewels, 

 the back richly enamelled, with a cartouche in the centre 

 inscribed flecti nescia virtvs. No 203, a fragment of k 

 female figure seen from the back in white chalcedony and 

 in full relief, either cinque-cento or antique retouched. A 

 head has been added and a bath of gold and onyx and the 

 whole backed with sardonyx, and set in an enamelled frame. 

 No. 201, a pendant formed of a cameo representing Diana of 

 the Ephesians in an enamelled gold frame. Nos. 268- 

 272, five finger-rings containing intaglios, of which two may 

 be antique, the hoops elegantly ornamented with enamel or 

 set with small precious stones. There is also a singular male 

 portrait (No. 172) of which the head is formed of shell, now 

 much decayed, and the bust in armour is formed in gold 

 richly enamelled. This may have been attached to some 

 enseigne. 



III. Miscellaneous Objects. 



Chalcedony : bust of a youth, probably from a set of 

 phalercfi ; height, 4 in. 



Chalcedony; bust of a youth, having a weftris tied on his 

 shoulders, and holding a bunch of grapes in his left hand ; 

 also from a set of phalerce ; height, 3 in. 



Ivory tessera, circular ; grotesque head to the right ; rev. 



XII. 



PAPAITONIN ( = Paraitonion.) 



ir. 

 Medallion formed of blue glass with a coating of clear 

 glass ; portions of the latter are cut away and the spaces 

 ornamented with gilding, representing a full-faced bust of a 

 Roman dignitary, with the head of an ornamental standard 

 in the field. 



Nine pastes of various ages, not important enough to be 

 placed with the engraved gems, and which have therefore 

 been added to the glass collections. 



Augustus W. Franks. 

 A. S. Murray. 



