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first represents the Adoration of the Magi, an admirably pre- 

 served piece, the others, though on a smaller scale, are both 

 characteristic and satisfactory. Leonard Limousin IL has only 

 a single specimen, a salt cellar richly decorated. A mirror 

 back is signed by Jean Limousin, and a similar piece bears ths 

 signature I. G. A fine and imposing triptych with the story 

 of St. John the Baptist, and a small panel showing Christ 

 before Pilate, are both signed by Martin Didier. 



Among those that cannot with certainty be set down to a 

 particular artist, several deserve mention. One is a very small 

 panel with scenes from the Passion, exquisitely painted and 

 ornamented with leafy borders in a style quite original and full 

 of charm ; two others are larger panels with the Presentation 

 in the Temple and the Marriage of the Virgin, a fourth is a 

 medallion in quite an unusual style both as to drawing and 

 colour, representing Our Lord and the Virgin. 



Crystals and Plate. — -A curious goblet of crystal said to 

 have been given to the Abbey of Compiegne by Charles the 

 Bald ; a crystal standing cross containing relics and mounted 

 in gold enamelled and set with jewels, probably b}^ a Munich 

 artist of the 16th century ; a processional cross of silver parcel 

 gilt and set with translucent enamels on relief, an unusually 

 fine piece of Italian work of about the year 1400 ; a Sienese 

 silver chalice with enamels ; a silver dish vigorously embossed 

 with figures, Portuguese, 16th century ; a silver panel embossed 

 with the Holy Trinity and signed by Van Vianen, 1670, a very 

 fine work, a silver gilt paten of the 17th century, and a 

 charming pectoral triptych of Flemish work of about 1470. 



Alabaster Carvings. — Six panels of English work of the 

 loth century, two of them of unusually large size, one 

 representing a martyrdom ; the other four are of the usual 

 dimensions, the subjects being the Entombment, the Betrayal, 

 and the Coronation of the Virgin. A smaller panel of French 

 work of the 15th century, with the Virgin and Child. 



Pottery and Porcelain. — A ewer and dish of Persian ware ; 

 three mugs, a jug, and two dishes of Rhodian ware; seven 

 dishes of Italian majolica, two by Fra Xanto, and an albarello ; 

 a dish of Spanish lustre ware with a goose ; a cup and saucer 

 of brown Bayreuth ware; a plate and jug of Rouen faience; 

 five examples of fine Meissen porcelain ; a cup and saucer of 

 Berlin porcelain ; a Sevres plate ; a cylindrical vase and cover 

 of Mennecy ; a bowl, cover, and stand of Courtille porcelain ; a 

 plate, a dish, and a cup and saucer of Tournay porcelain ; a 

 plate and a cup and saucer of Vienna ; a fine large group of the 

 dead Christ of Italian ware ; an ecuelle of Naples porcelain : a 

 covered jug of Capo di Monte and three pieces of Chinese 

 porcelain. 



The English porcelain includes two Chelsea plates, two late 

 groups of the same factory, a trellis basket, a bowl and cover, 

 three vases, and a cup and saucer of the finest period ; a Bristol 

 cup and saucer of the service given by Champion to Mrs. Edmund 

 Burke. 



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