74 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Alabaster head of St. John Baptist in the charger, obtained 

 at Ratisbon, and presented by Albert Hartshorne, Esq., F.s.A. 



Twenty-four ancient French weights, leather box for a 

 pyx, ivory leaf of a writing tablet with the Nativity, 

 German dial, and other objects ; presented by Max Rosenheim, 



Esq., F.S.A. 



Four astrolabes and eight dials from the sale of the Spitzer 

 Collection in Paris, including a dial dated 1453. 



Electrotypes of four fine astronomical instruments : the 

 originals of three of these are in the Archaeological Museum 

 in Madrid, and that of the other in the Royal Museum at 

 Cassel ; presented by the Lords of the Committee of Council 

 on Education. 



Six matrices of seals ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., 

 and 11 matrices from the Bateman Collection. 



(5.) Ceramic and Glass Collections : — 

 (a.) Chinese and Japanese Porcelain. — Additions have 

 been made to the Franks Collection, including a fine Japanese 

 bottle in the Kakiyemon style, and a series of porcelain 

 netsukes. 



(b.) Continental Pottery. — A glazed lamp with Arabic 

 inscription from Fostat near Cairo, and a wall tile from the 

 Green Mosque at Brusa ; presented by Henry Wallis, Esq. 



Majolica dish of the fifteenth century with the arms of 

 Visconti, a plaque and an inkstand of majolica from the 

 Spitzer Collection ; sgraffiato bowl, two Spanish bowls, and a 

 tile ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Three Spanish azulejo tiles; presented by Senor Don 

 Guillermo J. de Osma. 



Four specimens of early Siegburg stoneware ; presented by 

 Sir Henry H. Howorth, k.c.i.e., m.p., and a French dish 

 with the arms of the Earl of Portmore ; presented by Max 

 Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A. 



(c.) English Poiier^/.— The additions to the Franks Collection 

 include two early jugs, one of them of the thirteenth century, 

 with a hunting scene in relief, a Staflfordshire cradle, dated 

 1691, a figure of one of the Seasons in Bristol porcelain, and 

 twenty-one brass moulds believed to have been used by 

 D wight in ornamenting his Fulham stoneware. 



An unfinished vase of delft found in Poplar Dock ; pre- 

 sented by the London County Council. 



A Staffordshii-e jug illustrating the Lord George Gordon 

 riot; presented by H. J. Pfungst, Esq., F.s.A. Porcelain bowl, 

 inscribed " Donovan Dublin," and a caddy with designs in 

 relief ; presented by Sir Henry Howorth, k.c.i.e. 



(d.) Glass. — Three early Phoenician bottles from Sidon, 

 four similar found in Greece, part of a remarkable box of 

 opaque white glass with figures and inscription from Beirut, 



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