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(3.) Anglo-Saxon and Foreign Teutonic : — 



Bronze trefoil-headed brooch from Naseby Field, 

 Northants : an enamelled escutcheon from a hanging bowl ; 

 a Frankish inlaid brooch of wheel-pattern, and girdle-plate 

 inlaid with silver ; given by C. H. Read, Esq., f.s.a. 



A remarkable series of silver personal ornaments and 

 ingots, including a massive engraved bracelet, another of 

 tore pattern, finger-rings, and ear-rings of various patterns, 

 found together with gold objects and enamelled medallions at 

 Kieff, S. Russia, 1906, in a casket 7-8 ft. below the surface ; 

 the hoard is shown by the presence of coins of Vladimir I. 

 (988-1015) to belong to the 11th century ; given by J. Pierpont 

 Morgan, Esq. 



(4.) Mediaeval and Later : — 



(a.) British. — Portion of a monumental brass with bare 

 feet of standing figure, about 1500 ; and on reverse inscrip- 

 tion about 1520, from the Plowright collection; given by Mill 

 Stephenson, Esq., f.s.a. 



A hoard of seven silver spoons, some bearing dates from 

 1586-1632, found together at Netherhampton, Wilts; pur- 

 chased from H.M. Treasury as Treasure Trove. 



Iron key with drop wards found on the site of Newgate 

 prison ; given by Siegfried Bendit, Esq. 



Winchester quart and half-pint measures from Barford 

 Stodden and Willey Hundreds, Beds, 1822 ; and another 

 bearing the arms of Westminster and date 1763 ; given by 

 C. H. Read, Esq., f.s.a. 



Brass tobacco-box wdth view of Rotterdam, engraved in 

 front " James Wood, 1759 " ; given by C. R. Jennings, Esq. 



Nine glass cameo portraits by Tassie, including one of the 

 Earl of Rochford, 1774; and a wax portrait of Rev. Robert 

 Hall, of Leicester, by T. R. Poole, 1815 ; given by Max 

 Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A., through the National Art Collections 

 Fund. 



Pillow and stand for lace -making from Bucks, an obsolete 

 implement for thatching, and a hand-plough ; given by 

 J. Edge-Partington, Esq. 



(b.) Foreign. — A remarkable specimen of Carlovingian 

 carving, consisting of a panel of whale-bone 11^ in. long, 

 representing David dictating the Psalms, the king enthroned 

 between soldiers on the right, and on the left four scribes 

 writing with a cofi'er between them. It has been subsequently 

 used as a cover of a casket, the edges being pierced for 

 hinges and lock ; and was found about 1845 in Thos. Crum- 

 well's house at Hoxton, London. It dates from the 9th 

 century, and is on a larger scale than the panel with similar 



