BEITISH AND MEDIEVAL ANTIQUITIES. 7& 



Lowestoft ware ink-pot, inscribed A trifle from Lowestoft, 

 about 1780 ; given by Dr. C. H. Read. 



Specimens shewing the comparative fusibility of Bow, 

 Chelsea and Worcester porcelains ; given by Herbert Eccles, 

 Esq. 



Stoneware tubes, said to have been used by the Elers 

 brothers as part of a speaking-tube connecting their pottery 

 works with their house at Bradwell, Staffs., about 1690 ; given 

 by B. T. Harland, Esq. 



Note-book containing the accounts of William Duesbury 

 (1751-3), the founder of the Derby China-Works, for work done 

 as an enameller in London ; and a collection of account books, 

 letters, documents, and original deeds concerning the Duesbury 

 family and the Derby and Chelsea factories ; bequeathed by 

 William Bemrose, Esq. 



(d.) Glass. — Jug, vases and twisted rod, from various sites 

 in Palestine, of the Eoman period. 



Armlet, found on an island in a marsh near Dinais (Apamea), 

 Phrygia ; given by H. Barfield, Esq., D.sc 



Three armlets from Mokht, a village on the Sirha river 

 near Geh, south-east Persia ; described in Geographical 

 Journal, 1897, p. 585. and given by Major P. M. Sykes. 



Two phials of the 15th century, found on the site of 

 St. Benet's Church, Gracechurch Street, City of London. 



Wine-bottle, with stamp " 1770, James Cakes, Bnry " ; given 

 by C. R. Jennings, Esq. 



Casket made of cylindrical rods ; given by Albert Ellis, 

 Esq. 



A "yard of ale," 40 in. long, of the 18th century. 



(6.) Collection illustrating various Religions : — 

 (a.) Buddhism. — Stone model of a temple, Ch'en dynasty 

 (557-587 A.D.), and stone carvings with figures, of the Sui and 

 T'ang dynasties (589-905 A.D.), from Shansi, China. 



Stone figure of Buddha seatJed, obtained at Nowshera, 

 N.W.P. India; given by Lt.-Col. Charles Grant. 



Five play sealings, excavated on the site of Kasia, Gorakhpur 

 district, inscribed " Convent of the Great Decease," dating 

 about 750-900 a.d,, and described in Journal of Royal Asiatic 

 Society, 1907, pp. 365, 1049 ; given by Dr. J. Ph. Vt)gel. 



Five clay sealings, from a niche in a chorten at Gya, Ladakh, 

 Indus valley; given by Lt.-Col. C. H. Melville. 



Series of Lamaistic bronze figures and two temple pictures, 

 collected by the late Lt. J. W. Brooke in China ; given by 

 Mrs. J. A. Brooke. 



Bronze Buddhist figure with cobra canopy, probably Cam- 

 bodian. 



Japanese wooden figure of Buddha ; given by R. H. Benson, 

 Esq. 



