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A large series of flint, quartz, chert, and sandstone imple- 

 ments and flakes from the Western Sahara. Presented by Dr. 

 R. J. Fromholz. 



Five implements of rock-crystal and one of chert from various 

 sites in Ceylon. Presented hy E. J. Wayland, Esq. 



A large series of pygmy rock-crystal implements collected 

 by the donor in the province of Uva, Ceylon. Presented hy 

 Principal Hartley, of Colombo. 



Two bronze halbert-blades with archaic Chinese inscrip- 

 tions. Presented hy S. M. Eveleigh, Esq. 



Four Danish urns of the Early Iron Age, from the Jensen 

 Collection. 



Gold bar and four Celtic coins from the Vetulonia find, 

 Etruria, about 1-50 B.C. 



(2.) Romano-British: — 



Two pottery vases found at Burnham, Bucks. 



Bronze key with barrel and flat looped handle, said to be 

 from Thames Ditton. 



Massive bronze handle of key, found near Canterbury, 

 Presented hy Col. Copeland, F.8.A. 



Bronze padlock in the form of a horse, found at South Gate, 

 Chichester. Presented by R. Martin Holland, Esq. 



(3.) Anglo-Saxon and Foreign Teutonic : — 



Bronze " hand-pin " of the 7th or 8th century, said to have 

 been found on Brighton Down, Sussex. 



Two bronze buckle-plates of the Visigothic period, from the 

 province of Jaen, Spain. Presented hy Horace Sandars, Esq., 

 F.S.A. 



(4.) Mediceval and Later : — 

 (a.) British — Amber matrix of seal of the 13th century, 

 with spring, fish, bird and lion. 



Brass astrolabe for the latitudes of Berwick, Newcastle, 

 York, Nottingham, Oxford and Dover, 14th century ; described 

 in Archceologia, LII., 75. Presented by Maurice Ros-Aiheim, 

 Esq.., F.S.A. 



Ivory leaf of writing tablet, with standing figures of the 

 Virgin and Child with St. Peter and St. Eanswith, 14th century. 

 Presented hy the National Art Collections Fund. 



Alabaster panel of St. Catharine refusing to sacrifice to an 

 idol, with traces of colour, from Yarnton Church, Oxon {Soc. 

 Anti . Cat. Alabaster Exhibition, No. 60). 



Cast of a tilting-helm in Birling Church, Kent, known as 

 the Nevill Heaume, about 1490. Presented hy F. H. Cripps 

 Day, Esq. 



Crossbow bolt of the 15th century. Presented hy C. T. 

 Smithers, Esq. 



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