1 6 ACCOUNTS, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Twenty-three Roman Antiquities, one hundred and ninety-seven Anglo-Saxon oLjects, 

 and twenty-two iron weapons from Livonia, have been mounted on tablets and exhibited. 



Two glass shades on pedestals have been placed in the British Room for choice bronzes. 



Three bronze statuettes have been mounted on marble plinths, and two colossal figures 

 from Easter Island have been placed on stone bases. 



A large collection of ancient pottery from India has been repaired. 



The desk portion of a table case in the Ethnographical Room has been re-glazed with 

 plate glass. 



Two table cases have been placed in the Second Egyptian Room in the part of the 

 room appropriated to the Glass Collections ; they have been fitted up and lined, and in 

 one of them have been arranged the smaller and choicer specimens of ancient glass from 

 the Slade Collection, while in the other has been placed a similar series from the General 

 Collection. The remainder of the glass from the General Collection has been removed into 

 the same room, but not yet finally arranged. A large table in the centre of the room has 

 been removed and replaced by an upright case, intended to contain glass vases, but it has 

 not yet been fitted up. 



The arrangements of the Christy Collection will be noticed under that head. 



II. — Acquisitions, 



The acquisitions, exclusive of the additions to the Slade and Christy Collections, may 

 be classed as follows : — 



(1.) British Antiquities. — A stone hammer-head, found in ploughing near Ty Mawr, 

 Holyhead Island; presented by the Hon. W. Owen Stanley, MP, 



Two stone implements, from Shetland ; presented by Gilbert Goudie, Esq., sen. 



A large stone which appears to have been used for polishing stone celts, but without 

 any locality ; presented by the Geological Society of London. 



Seventeen bronze implements, chiefly palstaves, but including a spear-head of very rare 

 type, and a chisel, possibly unique, found (with four other specimens) under a large stone 

 at Plymstock, Devon, on the estates of the donor ; presented by the Duke of Bedford. 



A large crescent-shaped gold ornament, found in Carnarvonshire ; a massive gold armlet 

 found at Little Chart, in Kent; a Romano-British armlet, terminating in snakes' heads, 

 found near Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire ; and a curious ornament plated with gold, 

 found in Ireland, 



A pair of bronze spoon-like objects, probably of late Celtic workmanship, found near 

 Crosby Ravensworth, Westmoreland ; presented by Mr. Dent. 



A bronze object, similar to the last, found, in 1852, in Brickhill Lane, London ; presented 

 by Albert Way, Esq., f.s.a. 



Some embossed bands of bronze, with late Celtic patterns, found at Stroud, Gloucester- 

 shire ; presented by C. Pearce Serocold, Esq. 



A Roman Amphora, bearing the stamp ex figlina caesakis, and two pewter dishes, 

 scratched with the name of their Roman owner, Martinus, all found in Southwark ; 

 presented by A. W, Franks, Esq. 



A pair of Roman bronze tweezers inlaid with silver, found in Lothbury, London ; pre- 

 sented by F. A. Burt, Esq. 



The foreign illustrations of early British and Prehistoric Antiquities have been added 

 to as follows : — 



A fine series of bronze implements and weapons, found in Denmark, from the Collection 

 of M. J. J. A, Worsaae, the eminent Danish antiquary. 



Two Spanish mining hammers of stone ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Some specimens of pottery from the ancient cemetery at Ilallstatt, and a sheepskin 

 dress from the salt mines in the same place; presented by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., f,r,s,j 

 and John Evans, Esq., r.E.s. 



Among the more recent antiquities relating to the British Islands, may be mentioned 

 the following : — 



A collection of Anglo-Saxon remains, found at Chesell Down, Isle of Wight. 



An Anglo-Saxon sword, from Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire ; presented by John 

 Evans, Esq., f.k.S. 



A very curious silver ornament, apparently part of the mounting of some shrine, 

 engraved with Anglo-Saxon Runes, which have not hitherto been satisfactorily decyphered. 

 This rare object was discovered in the Thames, London, and was presented by Thomas 

 E. Gunstone, Esq. 



An Irish bronze bell, from Ross Inver, Co. Leitrim ; and a silver fibula found in 

 Galway. 



Matrix of the seal of St. Denis, Southampton; engraved pewter dish, dated 1661; a 

 silver ring, found in Northamptonshire ; and a medallion of Oliver Cromwell. 



(2.) Byzantine and Mediaval. — Seven cameos, chiefly of Byzantine work. 

 A very fine brass seal of the canons regular of Insula (Lille ?) ; presented by the Right 

 Hon. Sir David Dundas. 



A dish of Hispano-Moresque earthenware ; presented by Captain John Glas Sandeman. 

 A singular folding Runic Calendar, probably Norwegian. 



A series 



