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Mosque of Omar; presented by J. Edge Partington, Esq., 



F.R.G.S. 



Majolica jug of CafFagiolo ware, dish of Italian style made 

 at Narbonne, two dishes of Winterthur majolica, two speci- 

 mens of Spanish majolica, a Niirnbergjug, and eight pieces of 

 German stoneware ; all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 

 Dutch delft dish, with figure of William III. as a child, 1661, 

 presented by H. H. Howorth, Esq., m.p. Rhenish stoneware 

 jug, presented by J. W. Mitton- Watson, Esq. Spanish tile, 

 presented by Senhor Neville, of Lisbon. 



Three terra-cotta medallions, with portraits of Voltaire, the 

 Empress Katherine of Russia, and Benjamin Franklin ; pre- 

 sented by Lady Charlotte Schreiber. 



(c.) English Pottery and Porcelain. — A very important 

 addition has been made to the English series by the gift of 

 J. E. Nightingale, Esq., f.s.a. These consist of sixteen 

 specimens of Bristol porcelain, and one of Plymouth, in- 

 cluding two hexagonal vases, a biscuit plaque with a portrait 

 of Washington, another with a coat of arms, two sceaux, and 

 various cups and saucers, &c. Among the latter is one 

 decorated in camaieu on a chocolate ground, made by Champion 

 under the advice of Edmund Burke (at the time M.P. for 

 Bristol), to be submitted to the House of Lords, when he 

 succeeded in renewing his patent in 1775, in opposition to 

 Wedgwood and the other Staffordshire potters. Most of these 

 specimens are illustrated in Owen's " Two Centuries of Ceramic 

 Art in Bristol." 



The Franks Collection has received some important addi- 

 tions, among which the following may be noticed, viz, : A 

 Chelsea vase, with detached stand, painted with mythological 

 subjects, with turquoise ground, from the collection of the 

 Earl of Craven, a large oval plaque of Bristol biscuit porce- 

 lain, with a portrait of Benjamin Franklin, surrounded by a 

 wreath of raised flowers (engraved in Owen's "Two Centuries, 

 etc.," p. 92), another with the arms of Harford (same work, 

 p. 91), and a vase with cameo subjects by Turner. 



A Bristol delft bowl, with a figure of Prince Charles 

 Edward, dated 1749 ; presented by Alexander Christy, Esq. 

 A black medallion portrait of Franklin, by St. Aubin, after 

 Cochin, believed to have been made by Neale & Co., presented 

 by John Evans, D.C.L., f.s.a. Jug of " slip " ware made at 

 Donyat, near Ilminster, Somerset, presented by William 

 Edkins, Esq. Two Wedgwood chess-pieces of sage-green ware, 

 presented by W. J. Stuart, Esq. 



(d.) Glass. — A large opaque blue scarabseus, with the name 

 of Sheshonk II., and a hawk in mosaic glass ; presented by 

 A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Two Egyptian bottles from Gurob, near Illahun, and various 

 objects found with them, and dating from the XVIIIth 



0.81. E 2 dynasty. 



