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(b.) ^oreir/w.^ Ivory carving with figure of the Virgin and 

 Child seated, probably Flemish ; a bronze medallion with 

 portrait of a lady ; and a bronze plaque with the Adoration 

 of the Magi ; presented by Henry J. Pf ungst, Esq. 



Three Russian ikons or religious tablets, two of them 

 enamelled. 



Two pendants with coats of arms under crystal, of German 

 work, probably badges of some guild or noble family. 



A tombstone with Cufic inscription and a date correspond- 

 ing to A.D. 991, from Tahiri, near Bushire, Persia ; presented 

 by B. T. Ffinch, Esq. Three marble tombstones from Cairo, 

 with Arabic inscriptions of the ninth century ; presented by 

 the Egypt Exploration Fund. 



A Saracenic ivory box, with verses in Arabic, and five 

 examples of Saracenic metal-work from the Rohde Hawkins Col- 

 lection, of which several are important, viz. : — (1.) a writing-box 

 richly inlaid with figures in silver, with the name of its maker, 

 Muhammad ibn Sonker, and a date corresponding to A.D. 1281. 

 (2.) Cup inlaid with silver, with Persian verses round the lip, 

 and Arabic inscriptions on the body, 13th century. (3.) Box 

 and cover of very delicate work in the arabesque style, pos- 

 sibly made in Venice, and bearing the name of its maker, Zein- 

 eddin. (4.) A hand warmer, inlaid with gold and silver; 

 and (5.) a dish of Oriental design, with the arms of the 

 Venetian family of Zen. 



A large casket of wood of the 14tji century, covered with 

 bronze plates stamped in relief with love scenes and French 

 inscriptions. Two bas-reliefs carved in alabaster of the 14th 

 century, from Italy. A German carving in ivory with a 

 figure of our Lord, probably of the 11th century. 



Two silver seals, connected by a chain, made for the Provost 

 of Monte Falcone, South Italy ; presented by Lady Charlotte 

 Schreiber. 



Eighteen matrices of seals, of which the most important 

 are, the seal of the Chapter of Udine, a remarkably fine 

 example of Italian 13th-century work ; that of Bartolommeo, 

 Bishop of Castello in the 13th century ; and three silver seals 

 of Dutch families. 



Casket of cuirbouilli, with iron mounts, and an inscription 

 relating to Anne of Brittany, Queen of France ; presented by 

 A. W. Franks, Esq. Iron bolt for a cross-bow, from the 

 Castle of Schonberg ; presented by E. W. Richardson, Esq., 

 Jun. 



Large circular plaque of Limoges enamel of the Penicaud 

 School, painted in grisaille, with Diana hunting (South 

 Kensington Loan Exhibition, 1862, No. 1731 j ; an oblong 

 plaque of Limoges enamel, with a subject from the life of a 

 female saint, signed LP. ; and four German painted enamels 

 of the I7th century ; all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. A 

 mirror with enamelled back, painted by Susanne Court, from 

 0.108. the 



