BRITISH AND MEDIAEVAL ANTIQUITIES. 8l 



Silver matrix of seal set with antique jasper intaglio of 

 a horseman, with legend QVE TIBl LEGO LEGE, 13th 

 century ; and a barometer with ivory shaft and lettering in 

 English and French made by John Patrick in the Old Bailey 

 (London), early 18th century. Presented through the National 

 Art-Collections Fund by Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A. 



Wooden charter-box with three locks, ornamented in low 

 relief with quatrefoils enclosing animals, 14th century. 



Bronze seal-matrix of John Choc, two annular brooches, 

 chape of knife-sheath and Maltese cross of bronze-gilt, found at 

 Dunwich, Suffolk. Presented by P. Carlyon-Britton, Esq., 

 F.S.A. 



Bronze horse-trapping, shield of arms charged with three 

 choughs, black and red enamel, found at Beaconsfield, Bucks. 

 Presented by Dr. G. H. Read, P.S.A. 



Alabaster carving of the Nativity, with crenellated top and 

 spotted background, loth century. 



Monumental brass representing a priest holding chalice and 

 paten, late 15th century. 



Knife and fork stamped JEFFERY, with handles of 

 Whieldon's agate ware, mid 18th century. Presented by 

 B. P. Harland, Esq. 



Specimen of the tin chocolate-boxes sent to the troops in 

 South Africa in 1900 by her late Majesty Queen Victoria. 

 Presented by the Army Council. 



(b.) Foreign. — A remarkable series of Gothic church-plate 

 from the Hospital de la Vera Cruz at Medina de Pomar, near 

 Burgos, Spain, to which they were given bj'' Don Pedro, 

 Conde de Haro. It consists of a silver-gilt ciborium engraved 

 and ornamented with plaques of niello and enamel, with 

 figures of apostles and saints and St. Andrew's cross (aspa 

 blanca) ; a pair of silver candlesticks, parcel gilt, with eight- 

 foil bases ; silver-gilt paten with medallion of translucent 

 enamel and part of the Lord's Prayer engraved round the 

 edge ; a chalice embossed and ornamented with enamel, one of 

 the shields charged with the arms of Velasco, as on the 

 ciborium ; a standing crucifix with enamelled panels on both 

 faces and in the centre of the back relics of the True Cross 

 covered by a disc of crystal ; and a crucifix of silver-gilt, the 

 cross raguly, with niello arms of Haro on the knop-facets. 

 The objects date between 1450 and 1500, but are without 

 silversmiths' stamps ; they are described and illustrated in 

 Proc. Sac. Antiq., xxiii. 474. Presented by J. Pierpont Morgan, 

 Esq., Hon. F.S.A. 



Limoges painted enamel badge, with legend in gold 

 TVRQVIN SVIS, IGth century. Presented through the 

 National Art Collections Fund by Max Rosenheim, Esq., 

 F.S.A. 



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