ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A collection of antiquities from Greece lias been purchased frona Mr. Vice-Consul Merlin, 

 amono- which the following may be particularly noticed: — 



(1.) A small bronze figure of Eros, from Corinth. 



(2.) A small bronze Siren, with eyes inlaid in silver, from Corfu. 



(3.) Bronze ticket, symholon, of an Athenian dikast or juror. 



(4.) A very interesting collection of small vases of the archaic period, chiefly with 

 figures and ornaments painted in brown on a drab ground. Found in tombs at 

 Phalerum, near Athens, and at Corinth. 



(5.) Group in terracotta of Leda and a swan, finely composed and modelled. 



(6.) A glass bottle with beautiful iridescent colours. 



(7.) Eight leaden weights of jEgina and Athens, found at Athens. 



The Blacas Collection purchased at the close of the ye;ir will be described in a separate 

 Report. 



The following presents have been received in the course of the year: — 



(l.) A gold ring with an intaolio in black agate, representing a male bead bound 

 with a diadem ; perhaps, that of Ptolemy Physkon. 



(2.) An oval bronze seal, on which are inscribed the heads of the Emperor Philip, 

 his Empress Otacilia, and their son Philip, together with a small figure of Jupiter 

 Serapis, and the nanoe of the people of Breisa ; published in the Proceedings of the 

 Society of Antiquaries of London, 1833, ii., p. 265. — Presented by the late G. Eastwood, 



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II. — Six Greek fictile vases, of vvliich the most remarkable are an ainphora with red 

 figures representing Theseus killing a robber, a beautiful specimen of the art of Vulci ; an 

 amphora Wxih black figures representino- Ulysses putting out the eye of Polyphemus; and a 

 cylix with red figures, represe:iting a drunken revel, curiously treated. — Presented by T. S. 

 Smith, Esq. 



III. — An interesting collection of small figures in stone and terracotta, together with an 

 archaic fictile vase and several lamps discovered in the island of Cyprus in the course of 

 excavations undertaken conjointly liy Dominic Ellis Colnaghi, Esq., and the Vicomte de 

 Maiicoiirt. 



Among the terracottas are some very curious archaic figures, several of which are verv 

 similar to certain terracottas found at Camirus, in hodes, and supposed to be of Phoenician 

 origin. 



There are also a number of heads and figures of a later period, most of which represent 

 a goddess with a richly ornamented crown of an unusual type. The heads and figures, 

 rudely carved in stone, which form part of this collection, resemble those found at Dali in 

 Cyprus, of which the Museum has an interesting series. These belong, some to the 

 Phoenician period, others to a later period when Greek influence predominated in the art of 

 Cyprus. — Presented by D. E. Colnaghi, Esq., Her Majesty^ s Consul at Turin. 



IV. — A small bronze archaic female figure, found in the island of Cerigo (Kythera). — 

 Presented by Signor Roumano of Corfu. 



V. — A marble Corinthian capital, from Siiiope. — Presented by F. W. Kirby,Esq. 



VI. — A fiagmenf of green glazed ware, probably of Egypto-Roman fabric. — Presented 

 by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



VII. — A Roman horse shoe of a peculiar form, found at Regnac, Department of Indre et 

 Loire, France. — Presented by M. le Docteur Leveille. 



VIII. — Two masks and a necklace of black terracotta, said to have been found at 

 Chiusi. — Bequeathed by the late Robert Goff, Esq. 



IX. — A dish of red Aretine ware, toiiether with four terracotta vases. — Presented by the 

 Trustees of the late Henry Christy, Esq. 



X. — A Roman sacrificial knife; an ivory sword-handle; a plate of bone, upon which a 

 leopard and an ostrich are engraved ; part of a terra cotta mould, from Sardinia ; and a 

 porcelain A'ase in the form of a male head. — Presented by Augustus W. Franks, Esq. ^ 



XI. — An iron sword in a bronze scabbard, found at Mayence. The scabbard, which has 

 been tinned over, is richly decorated, with figures in relief. The principal subject represents 



a seated 



