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A two-handled cup of silver-gilt, with cover, presented 

 to the testator's grandfather in 1799 by the Whig party ; 

 bequeathed by Sir Gerald R. de Courcy- Perry, c.m.g. 



Steel chatelaine with six chains bearing watch-keys and 

 seals bearing arms of Phillpotts with augmentations and 

 others ; given by Miss F. E. Phillpotts. 



(b.) Foreign. — An ivory panel of the 6th century from a 

 composite diptych, representing the Adoration of the Magi, 

 and the Nativity, with a prayer written in Greek minusculea 

 of the 12th century on the back : from a monastery in 

 Thessaly, where it was framed as an ikon. 



Silk textile, with purple ground and yellow arabesques,, 

 below which are two panels, each with a horseman and 

 spearman, and the leg<md ZAXAPIOT : probably from 

 Egypt. 



Byzantine bronze weight, with FA inlaid in silver on 

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



Coptic ear-ring of bronze, with openwork design and 

 cross in centre ; given by H. W. Murray, Esq. 



Morse-ivory plaque, with the Crucifixion and the Evan- 

 gelistic symbols in high relief: German, 11th century. 



Bronze figure of a bird with lozenge-shaped projection 

 above the tail : probably from Egypt. 



Cylindrical box of ivory, decorated in brown with eagle 

 and animals in scroll-work : Persian, 14th century. 



Bronze "weight of 52 grains, with head of Galeazzo Maria 

 Sforza Duke of Milan (1465-1476) on the base : Italian, 15th 

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



Fool's bauble of carved wood, with silk dressing : French, 

 early 17th century ; given by C. J. Wertheimer, Esq. 



Three brass stamps used in book-binding, probably 

 Venetian, early I7th century ; given by Lieut. -Col. H. 

 St. John Mild may. 



Wooden clog-almanack from Thelemarken, Norway, and 

 five carved powder-flasks of horn from Finmark, North 

 Norway.: 17th and 18th century. 



Brass balance for determining specific gravity, in a 

 leather box with accessories, made by G. F. Brander, of 

 Augsburg, early 18th century ; given by Max Rosenheim, 

 Esq., F.S.A. 



Swedish violin inlaid with mother-of-pearl, made by 

 Johansen Bonsen, 1720 ; given by A. G. Laughton, Esq. 



Ivory snuff-box with carved lid and French inscription, 

 18th century ; given anonymously. 



(5.) Ceramic and Glass Collections : — 

 (a.) Oriental Wares. — Three albarelli, perhaps from 

 Syria, two of which are illustrated by Henry Wallis, 

 Oriental Influence on Italian Ceramic Art, figs. 17, 19. 



