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



A bushel measure with the badges and titles of Queen Jiilizabeth. 



A badge of the Baronets of Nova Scotia, and another of the Order of Falconry ; both in 

 gold. 



A wooden stamp, used formerly in Northumberland to ornament the Yule Dough ; 

 presented by "W. H. Coxe, Esq. 



An intaglio in paste, set as a ring, being a portrait of Lady Hamilton ; presented by Sir 

 William Holburne, Bart. 



(2.) Byzantine and MedicBval. — An engraved crystal representing the Crucifixion, and 

 of Carlovingian workmanship ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



An early Indian vase of granite, and a crystal vase in the form of a duck, both found 

 near Rawal Pindi, in the Presidency of Bengal. 



A bronze weight for a steel yard, in the form of the head of the Emperor Phocas 

 (a.d. 602-610), found at Kayfa, in Syria; and three early Byzantine intaglios. 



Two swords of the 13th century, and silver ornaments and decorations, probably por- 

 tions of the belts belonging to them ; excavated in St. Martin's Cave, Gibraltar, and pre- 

 sented by Captain Fredei'ic Brome. 



Forty-seven matrices of seals, chiefly found in the Seine. Presented by A. W. Franks, 

 Esq.; and thirty-six other seals, mostly French and Italian, of which the most 

 remarkable is the silver seal of Geoffi^ey de Chateaubrienne. 



An elaborately engraved Bronze Stamp, supposed to have been employed in making 

 the Papal sacramental wafers, and bearing the initials of Gregory XV. 



Two Oriental chessmen, a Byzantine book cover in iron, and various other relics, brought 

 from the East and presented by the Eev. Greville J. Chester. 



An enamelled gold ring of the 16th century, with cyphers; and an ivory cup of the 

 same period carved under Portuguese influence in Africa. 



A fine clock made by Lucas Weydman of Cracow, in 1648 ; a levelling instrument 

 made by Tobias Volcmer, of Brunswick, 1583; another made by Martin Gielin of 

 Salzburg ; and a very complicated micrometer ; all presented by Octavius Morgan, Esq., 

 M. p. Also eight other instruments of the same description. 



An enamel portrait of Demetrius, Metropolitan of Rostov ; presented by Father 

 Demetrius, Treasurer of St. Jacob's Monastery at Bostov in Russia. 



(3.) Ethnography. — A large collection of stone weapons and implements, chiefly from 

 Massachusetts ; presented by Professor Edward Hitchcock of Amherst College. 



Two stone arrow-heads from Canada West ; presented by Mr. Thomas Wilford. 



A singular stone axe and a kneading trough, found in Nicaragua. 



A bronze Chinese mirror, presented by William Lockhart, Esq., and a Chinese statue 

 in stone from Pekin. 



A large bronze bell, dated in the 11th year of Kanghi (a.d. 1671); presented by 

 J. Macandrew, Esq., on behalf of the Executors of the late Edward Perceval, Esq. 



A bronze dorge, presented by Thomas A. Wise, Esq., m.d., and a stone figure of 

 Buddha. 



An amulet in Cornelian, engraved with Arabic inscriptions, presented by Captain 

 John Hamilton. 



A terra-cotta brick from Ceylon, with a figure in relief; presented by George Witt, 

 Esq., F.R.s. 



III. Christy Collection. 



The following progress has been made in arranging and augmenting this Collection, 

 which is temporarily placed in rooms at 103, Victoria Street, Westminster, and of which 

 a detailed account was given in the Report for the year 1866. 



The arrangements of the Collection has been continued and completed, and all additions 

 to it incorporated in their respective sections. 



The preparation of the Catalogue has been carried on, and 4,479 additional slips pre- 

 pared. All the Collection is now catalogued excepting a portion of the series from the 

 French Di-ift, and the Collections from the Caves of Dordogne ; in both cases the 

 specimens require to be examined again and re-arranged before the Catalogue can be 

 completed. 



Labels have been attached to most of the objects in the Collection. 



The foUowina additions to the Collection have been received by the Christy Trustees, 

 and by them transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum : — 



A collection of flint implements found in the Drift at Thetford and Shrub Hill, in 

 Norfolk, excavated at the expense of the donors, J. Wickham Flower, Esq., F.G.8., 

 John Evans, Esq., f.e.s.. Sir John Lubbock, Bart., f.e.S., and Joseph Prestwich, Esq., 



F.R.S. 



A fine flint implement from the Drift at Hoxne, in Suffolk, and a stone celt from Gal- 

 way ; from M. Shurlock, Esq. 



Flint implements from the Drift in the valley of the Somme, and a series of flakes and 

 breccia from the Grotta di Maccagnone, in Sicily ; all collected by the late Dr. Hugh 

 Falconer, f.r.s., and presented by Charles Falconer, Esq., f.g.s. 



Eighteen flint implements from Poitou, and specimens of the same kind from Ireland 

 and Denmark : and a collection of antiquities of the stone age from the Lakes of Switzer- 

 land ; from John Evans, Esq. 



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