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The chief acquisition in this section is the Glenlyon brooch, 

 which is stated to have been in the possession of the Camp- 

 bells of Glenlyon for many generations. It is of unusual size 

 for a brooch, circular with a bar across the middle, and 

 having two pins. The front is set with stones and pearls 

 and is somewhat rudely worked; the back has the names 

 of the Magi as a charm. The probable date of its manu- 

 facture is the 15th century; it has been figured and described 

 in Pennants "Tour in Scotland," vol. I. p. 104, and in 

 Wilson's " Prehistoric Annals," pi. II. and p. 560, 



A gilt clock containing an alarum and a strike-a-light, 

 probably German work of the I7th century, and a silver 

 oblong plate with equation table, made by C. Bingham ; 

 presented by Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A. 



Two models in clay for medallions in glass of Alex. Waugh, 

 A.M. 1794 and Alex. Easton 1794, made by James Tassie ; 

 a terra cotta medallion for a medal of Drs. J. Hunter and G. 

 Fordyce by Flaxman ; a bronze bust of Jeremy Bentham ; 

 bronze medallion portraits by David d' Angers of Canning, 

 Brunei, Sir J. Franklin, Sir J. Ross and others. 



A microscope, in its case, with which Sir David Brewster 

 made his experiments till 1838 ; presented by Mrs. Brewster- 

 Macpherson. 



An old rushlight stand and a tinder box ; presented by 

 Dr. Frank Renaud. 



A number of matrices of seals in .silver, steel, &c., chiefly 

 temp. Geo. III. and IV. ; among them those of the Courts of 

 Common Pleas and King's Bench, of the Colonies of Honduras, 

 Nova Scotia, Victoria, fee. ; presented by the Lord President 

 of the Council. 



(b.) Foreign. — A figure of Our Lord in Limoges champleve 

 enamel, 13th century work ; presented by Max Rosenheim, 

 Esq., F.S.A. A bronze lion which has formed the base of 

 a candlestick, probably of the 13th century ; presented by 

 Sir A. Wollaston Franks, k.c.b. Four bronze pendants 

 with armorial and other devices once enamelled, of the 14th 

 century. 



An object of unusual interest is the double matrix of the 

 seal of Joanna, Queen of Sicily and Countess of Toulouse, 

 daughter of Henry II. of England. It is of silver, and has 

 on each half a figure of Joanna, in the one case as Queen, and 

 in the other as Duchess of Narbonne, Countess of Toulouse 

 and Marchioness of Provence, as shown by the legend. She 

 married William II. of Sicily in 1177 and the Royal half of 

 the seal was probably used by her during his life time. 

 After his death she became in 1196 the wife of Raymond VI., 

 Count of Toulouse, and died three years later. This interesting 

 relic was found in the ruins of the Cistercian Abbey of 

 Grandselve (Tarn et Garonne). 



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