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A flint celt and stone axehead, probably from the Thames ; 

 bronze spearheads of fine form, portions of swords, end of 

 scabbard, gouge, etc., being portions of a large hoard of such 

 objects discovered in the south of England ; two bronze axes 

 from Scotland, and other antiquities of the same kind ; ob- 

 tained at the sale of the late George Roots, Esq., f.s.a. 



Model of a socket celt in lead, probably used in making the 

 moulds, found on Semer Common, Suffolk, in 1890, and pre- 

 sented by the Rev. James Beck. 



Bronze socket celt from Forfarshire, Irish bronze javelin- 

 head, and an iron sword and dagger of the Late Celtic period, 

 from the Thames ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



The foreign illustrations include : — 



An axehead of diorite, found at Delphi ; presented by John 

 L. Myres, Esq. 



A large bronze palstave with two loops, from Spain, a 

 socket celt from Denmark, an axehead from Palermo, and an 

 arrowhead from Sidon ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A large number of stone implements, fragments of pottery, 

 etc., found by the donor in kitchen-middens of Kamtchatka ; 

 presented by Monsieur Fridolf Hook, of Vladivostok, Eastern 

 Russia. 



A bronze rapier blade found at Chinon, Indre et Loire, 

 France, and a portion of a gold chain from Hungary. 



(2.) Anglo-Roman: — 



A remarkable helmet made of bronze lined with iron, and 

 of unusual type, found at Witcham Gravel, Cambridgeshire. 

 See "Archaeological Journal," Vol. xxxvii., p. 463. 



Portions of a bronze statuette, probably of Neptune, found 

 at Ranksborough, near Oakham ; bronze figure of Mercury 

 found near Colchester , three masses of pewter with stamped 

 inscriptions, from the Thames ; silver fibula, found near 

 Folkestone; Samian bowl, etc. ; all presented by A. AV. Franks, 

 Esq. 



A considerable number of personal ornaments, portions of 

 others, some of them enamelled, found near Chepstow, on 

 what is believed to have been the site of a factory of such 

 objects in the Roman period; collected by the late W. 

 Edkins, Esq. 



Fragment of black ware with figures in relief, in other 

 respects exactly like the so-called red Samian ware, found in 

 London, 1836; presented by George Payne, Esq., F.S.A. 



(3.) Anglo-Saxon, Foreign Teutonic, etc. : — 



A collection of objects found in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery 

 at Kempston, Beds, among them a very fine drinking glass ; 

 see Associated Archaeological Societies' Reports, 1864 ; and 

 others, chiefly urns, found at Barton Seagrave, Northants. 



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