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Six glass cameos and intaglio with classical subjects, 18th 

 century. Presented by Maurice Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A. 



Wine bottle, inscribed on medallion D. Davis 1801. Pre- 

 sented by Sir Hercules Read, P. 8. A. 



A flask of Nailsea glass. Presented by G. G. France, Esq. 



(6. ) Gollection illustrating various Religions : — 



(a.) Ghristianity'. — Five pottery lamps with emblems, from 

 the Hauran, Syria. 



Gold finger-ring with cornelian intaglio of the Good 

 Shepherd, from a monastery in Cyprus. Presented by Gapt. 

 A. Egerton. 



Coptic stone capitals from Memphis, and other antiquities 

 from Miniet-esh-Shurafeh, six miles south of Helouan, 3rd-6th 

 century. Presented by the British School of Archceology in 

 Egypt. 



(b.) Buddhism. — Series of Gandhara sculptures with figures 

 and scenes from Jatakas. Presented by Lt.-Gol. G. A. Dale. 



Two bronze figures from Ceylon, one recumbent ; Sinhalese, 

 Presented by Mrs. Gharles Lyon. 



Gilt metal Buddhist figure on lotus throne, from the Malay 

 peninsula. 



Recumbent alabaster figure of Buddha, found in a niche in 

 the foundations of an ancient tope at Old Pagan. Burma. 

 Presented by Mrs. McMahon. 



(c.) Lamaism. — Three brass seated figures of deities, one 

 from the Tibetan palace at Lhasa and subsequently at Pekin. 

 Presented by S. G. Asher, Esq. 



Brass shrine, stone tea-pot, horn, thunderbolt-daggers and 

 trumpet made of human thigh bone, from Tibet. 



(d.) Mohammedanism. — Wooden prayer tablet from Persia. 



(7.) The Barwell Bequest : — 



The most important acquisition of the year is the collection 

 bequeathed by the Rev, Canon A. H. Sanxay Barwell, F.S.A. 

 The principal section is that comprising the Limoges enamels, 

 of which Canon Barwell had the finest series in Europe in 

 private hands. In addition to these the bequest includes some 

 fine pieces of silver plate, panels of English alabaster carving, 

 and a number of examples of pottery and porcelain, both 

 English and foreign. 



Ghampleve Enamel. — A square panel with busts of St. 

 James and St. John. Lorraine work of the 12th century. A 

 panel from a Gospels' cover with the Crucifixion ; from the 

 Albert Way Collection ; another similar with Our Lord in 

 Majesty ; a panel from a casket, with three angels, and a small 

 pyx ; all of Limoges work of the late 12th and early 13th 

 century. 



