70 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of British and MEDiiEVAL Antiquities and 

 Ethnography. 



T. — Arrangement. 



Prehistoric Section. — The construction of wall-cases in the 

 new iron gallery has been proceeded with ; and two table- 

 cases have been painted inside, and the objects again exhibited. 

 New bolts have been added to two standard cases, and the 

 case containing objects of bone from the French cave dwellings 

 has been lined with paper. 



RomoMO-British Room. — The text of the discharge certifi- 

 cates of Roman soldiers has been printed in full, and a 

 translation added; copies have been framed and exhibited 

 in a wall-case near the originals. A Roman gravestone from 

 Lincoln has been mounted and placed in the Roman Gallery. 



MedioBvctl Room. — The collection of English and foreign 

 monumental brasses had been labelled, and the earlier enamels 

 re-arranged, fresh fittings having been added and some of the 

 specimens re-mounted. The matrices of seals not exhibited 

 have been arranged in drawers in accordance with the slip 

 catalogue, and progress made with the re-mounting and 

 labelling of foreign specimens. A German memorial tablet 

 of bronze has been mounted, and affixed to the wall ; and the 

 labelling of the portraits on the walls has been completed. 



Gold Orna'tnent Room. — The collection of prehistoric orna- 

 ments has been re-arranged and labelled. The regalia of 

 Prempeh and a series of Ashanti jewellery have been exhibited, 

 and the collections of Romano-British, Anglo-Saxon, and 

 Byzantine ornaments labelled and re-arranged. Specimens 

 of Norwegian and Abyssinian jewellery have been replaced 

 by silver-plate, belonging to the Greek and Roman depart- 

 ment, taken from the fixed desk-cases in the passage, which 

 are now appropriated for the exhibition of the Franks 

 Bequest. These cases have been entirely re-fitted, and now 

 contain, besides a selection of about 1500 finger-rings of all 

 periods, the Oxus treasure, classical and mediaeval jewellery, 

 seals, and enamelled objects. General labels have been placed 

 in the various sections, and much progress made in the 

 labelling of individual objects, while the unexhibited rings 

 have been arranged in a cabinet to facilitate reference. 

 Photographs of the Franks Bequest have been taken for 

 purposes of registration. 



Glass and Ceramic Room. — The English pottery and 

 porcelain have been cleaned and re-labelled as catalogued. 

 A large panel of Dutch tiles has been framed and placed over 

 the wall-case containing the collection of Dutch delft. The 

 locks of two table-cases have been altered to the new suite. 



