78 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



subject at the Louvre. Given by the National Art Collec- 

 tions Fund, and illustrated in the Reliquary and Illustrated 

 Archaeologist, vol. xi. (J 905), frontispiece. 



Jasper equal-armed cross with gold medallions on either 

 side at the centre, with cloisonne enamels of Our Lord and 

 St. George, and a similar medallion of St. Gregory in crescent 

 gold mount, found at Stamboul : Byzantine, 11th century. 



Bone panel carved in Byzantine style, with a vine-scroll 

 enclosing baskets and grapes, given with other objects from 

 Oxyrrhynchus by the Egypt Exploration Fund. 



Piece of silk brocade, Saracenic, about 1200 ; bronze 2 oz. 

 weights of Beziers (Herault), and of Nismes (Gard), and 4 oz. 

 weight of Beziers, 13th century, and bronze mount of a 

 martingale (?) once enamelled ; given by C. H. Read, Esq., 



F.S.A. 



Copper-gilt reliquary with openwork faces, birds in 

 medallions, and numerous glass settings, of the 12th century; 

 Limoges enamelled bookcover with Our Lord and the 

 Evangelistic symbols, and panel from a reliquary representing 

 the martyrdom of St, Thomas of Canterbury, early 13th 

 century ; a square panel enamelled with the figure of a saint 

 on blue ground ; a brass Icon with Russian enamel, silver-gilt 

 badge once set with stones, and agate pommel of a sword, 

 Italian, 14th century ; all from the collection of the late 

 Albert Way, r.s.A. 



Wooden bust of a young lady, Italian, 16th century; 

 given by Alfred A. de Pass, Esq. 



Bronze pommel oC a dagger, enamelled on both sides with 

 coats of arms, (1) a lion rampant, (2) a fesse between bezants, 

 azure, 15th century ; obtained in Palestine and given by 

 Henry Wallis, Esq. 



Tortoise-shell medallion pressed with intaglio of Louis 

 XVI. ; given by A. W^ F. Fuller, Esq. 



(5.) Ceramic and Glass Collections : — 



(a.) Oriental Wares. — Long-necked bottle enamelled in 

 blue and lustred, of the 13th century, found near Aleppo, 

 Syria. 



Bowl with creamy glaze and marbling in colours, found 

 imbedded in a wall at Jerusalem ; and modern copy of a 

 Turkish faience dish; given by C. H. Read, Esq., F.s.A. 



Three unusually fine glazed bowls and a jug with black 

 and coloured designs, said to be fronj excavations at Sulta- 

 nabad, Irak, Persia, and dating from the 12th or 13th 

 century. 



Four star-shaped tiles with floral designs, and one square 

 blue tile with Arabic characters in relief : Persian, of the 

 13th and 14th centuries ; obtained at Teheran, and given by 



