86 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Bronze bell engraved with tau-cross, found at Boxgrove, 

 Sussex. Presented by A. W. F. Fuller, Esq. 



Contemporary cameo portra,it of Queen Elizabeth on onyx. 



Silver badge of horse-shoe form with gryphon and SR R 

 engraved, with chain attached, from Sheffield, date about 1600 

 (Treasure Trove). 



Heraldic signet-ring, with engraved legend, Tried with the 

 giver's love the gold but drosse will ^jrove, said to have been 

 found at Grittleton, near Chippenham, early I7th century. 



Twenty pieces from a jeweller's stock of the early 17th cen- 

 tury, found in London. Presented by Rt. Hon. Leivis Har court, 

 M.P., D.C.L. 



Gold watch, the cover chased with shells and flowers, 18th 

 century. Presented by Mrs. Crawford Hayes. 



Thirty-one colonial and official seal-matrices, now obsolete. 

 Presented by the Lord President of the Council. 



(b.) Foreign. — Italian spur and two padlocks of the 17th 

 century. 



Two wafering irons, central Italian, early 16th century. 

 Presented by Dr. Hildburgh. 



A sporting crossbow of the 17th century. Presented 

 anonymously. 



Pair of German pewter altar cruets, marked A and V, early 

 19th century. Presented by C. Lund, Esq. 



(5.) Ceramic and Glass Collections : — 



(a.) Oriental Wares. — Four large pottery box-tiles with 

 diaper and architectural decoration, of the Han dynasty. 



Glazed pottery pillow, with Chinese inscription, dated 

 A.D. 1071. 



Four glazed pottery specimens of the Sung or Ylian period. 



Two blue and white Chinese plates and Japanese pottery 

 vase with mark of the Ota factory. Presented by Capt. 

 K. Dingwall, D.S.O. 



Celadon-ware bowl with 8-pointed star, Chinese or Siamese, 

 13th century. Presented by Rev. Canon E. H. Fellowes. 



Celadon-ware dish spoilt in firing, and series of pottery 

 vessels from Sawankhalok, Siam. 



Chinese porcelain wine-cup with mark of the Ch'eng Hua 

 period (1465-87). Presented by F. C. Harrison, Esq. 



Two vases of pottery and porcelain from ruins of pagodas 

 in Ayuthia, the ancient capital of Siam, late Ming period. 

 Presented by Jas. McCarthy, Esq. 



Pottery bowl and cup, the former with long inscription of 

 the 13th century, from Rhages, Persia. Presented by H. van 

 den Bergh, Esq. 



(b.) Continental. — Part of a large pottery dish with figure 

 of horseman in lustre, found on the site of a pottery at Valencia. 

 Presented by M. Stora. 



