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Bronze soclvetecl sickle in good condition, from the 

 Thames at Taplow, Bucks ; and another from Holywell Kow, 

 near Icklingham, Suffolk. 



Bronze figure of a boar, of the Early British period, found 

 at Guilden Morden, Cambs., and published in Proc. Gamh. 

 Ant. Soc, 1902-3, vol. X., pp. 373, 403; given by H. J. 

 Fordham, Esq. 



Two bronze pins, from the site of a pile-dwelling in the 

 Thames at Hammersmith. 



Bronze bridle-bit of Late Celtic work, found in Co. 

 Wicklow ; giveu by Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.s.A. 



A.n enamelled ring, probably used as a "turret " in horse 

 liarness, to guide the reins ; found in 1843 at Bapchild, Kent, 

 and illustrated in Jour. Brit. Arch. Assoc, vol. XVI., pi. 22, 

 fig. 1, p. 269, and Proc. Soc. Ant., vol. XX., pi. opp. p. 57; 

 and a similar, but better preserved, specimen found in the 

 Fayum, Egypt, illustrated in Proc. Soc. Ant., vol. XX., 

 p. 57 ; both given by Max Rosenheim, Esq., f.s.a. 



A small chert implement, from high ground east of the 

 Nile, near Sharowna, above Feshn, Upper Egypt ; given bv 

 C. R. Peers, Esq. 



Bronze armlet with incurved side, from Tarquinii, 

 Etruria ; given by Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A. 



Bronze brooch of early La Tene type, obtained at Abingdon, 

 Berks ; given by C. H. Read, Esq., f.s.a. 



(2.) Romano-British: — 



Two carved limestone blocks, somewhat resembling small 

 Roman altars, a chalk slab of pear-shaped outline, and a 

 series of stone and iron tools, found by the donor on the site 

 of a Romano-British sett oment, Rushall Down, Wilts ; given 

 by Major William Hawley, f.s.a. 



A rough pottery vase, said to have been found with coins, 

 at Southend, Essex ; given by C. H. Read, Esq., f.s.a. 



A gold finger-ring, with garnet intaglio of Cupid, found 

 at Colchester, Essex. 



A remarkable gold necklace, weighing 1,332 grains, and 

 consisting of three chains, with fastenings and runner, found 

 in 1860 on the Roman Wall near Newtown, Carlisle, with 

 Roman coins, the latest of which were of Marcus Aurelius ; 

 bequeathed by William Forster, Esq. This necklace closely 

 resembles that from iEsica, illustrated in ArchcBologia, vol. 

 LV., p. 179. 



Seven brooches of various types, from Stowting, Kent. 

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



Two glass beads of " chevron " pattern, found in an Anglo- 

 Saxon grave on North Down, Isle of Thanet, 1898 ; given by 

 F. G. Hilton Price, Esq., f.s.a. 



