ACCOUNTS, &e. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ]q 



ments, and a great number of valuable illustrations of the state of Roman culture in 

 Britain. 



A bronze statuette of Venus, of goofl workmanship^, found at Colchester, 



A Koman cup of enamelled bronze found at Braughin, Hertfordshire ; presented by 

 the Rev. Charles Puller. 



A Roman vessel of earthenware of rare form, and a bronze fibula, found at Kelvedon, 

 Essex ; presented by Sir William Tite, C.B , M.P. 



A series of Roman antiquities, found in Cambridgeshire, and a gold armlet of late 

 Roman work, Jbelieved to have been found in Britain. 



Antiquities discovered on the site of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery near Bungay, Norfolk. 



An Anglo-Saxon urn found at Caistor, Norfolk ; presented by the Royal Institution of 

 Great Britain and Ireland. 



A silver torques and armlet of the later Anglo-Saxon period, found in the Isle of Man, 

 and obtained under the law of Treasure Trove. 



A copper gilt head, probably part of some early reliquary, found near Furness ; pre- 

 sented by Richard Hinde, Esq. 



An elaborately carved ivory box of the 12th century, found in London ; and a locket, 

 enclosing carved portraits of James I. and Anne of Denmark. 



A singular touchstone, with a seal of the owner engraved at one end ; presented by 

 Robert Boyd, Esq., m.d. 



(2.) Byzantine and Mediaval. — An early Byzantine bronze lamp, found in the Island of 

 Rhodes. 



A bronze weight, with the name of Theodoric inlaid in silver. 



A brass seal of an Archbishop of Thessalonica ; presented by Joseph Rix, Esq., m.d., 

 and a double silver seal from Cyprus. 



Two pieces of sculptured work, apparently mediasval, found at Crocodilopolis, Egypt ; 

 presented by the Rev. Greville Chester. 



An oval bronze brooch from Gothland, and an ancient wooden calendar from Norway ; 

 presented by John Evans, Esq., r.K.s., f.s.a. 



(3.) Ethnographical. — A highly ornamented canoe, brought from the Solomon Islands, 

 South Pacific, by the donor, Julius L. Brenchley, Esq. 

 One of the bricks of the Great Wall of China. 



III. — Slade Collection. 



During the year 1870, the executors of Mr. Slade have purchased out of a fund 

 specially bequeathed to them for the purpose thirty-three specimens of glass, at a total 

 cost of 456 /. 10 s., and presented them as additions to the Slade Collection. 



Among the more remarkable of these specimens may be noticed the following : — 



Three bowls of Roman glass with Millefiori decorations, and a fluted bowl of variegated 

 glass, blue and Avhite. 



A remarkable Roman cup, the only specimen that has been hitherto noticed, being a 

 pierced silver cup, into which brilliant blue glass has been blown, so as to produce the 

 effect of numerous blue gems set in silver. It is believed to have been found in Italy. 



Two specimens of moiikled glass, probably made in Syria under the Roman dominion ; 

 one of them is a cup with a Greek inscription. 



A large dish with ornaments in relief of perfectly transparent Roman glass imitating 

 rock-crystal. 



Four specimens of Roman glass found at Colchester, one of them a blue medallion with 

 imperial heads in relief, and another a very remarkable cup blown in a mould, round 

 which is represented a race in the circus, with the names of the charioteers. 



A medallion of glass, enclosing gold foil, with a half length figure and inscription. 

 Early Christian work from the Catacombs at Rome. 



IV. — Christy Collection. 



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

 which still remains at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster. 



The Asiatic collections have been removed from Room II. to a room newly fitted up as 

 Room VI., in which they have been re-arranged, and the specimens labelled. 



The African series in Room II. has been re-arranged and more accurately classified, 

 by means of the space obtained by the removal of the Asiatic objects. 



In Room I. four small cases have been placed to contain some of the additions made to 

 the series of Prehistoric Antiquities. 



The Melanesian Collections have been extended from Room III. into the hall, and most 

 of the specimens have been taken down and re -arranged. 



The classification of the clubs from the different islands of the Pacific has been con- 

 tinued and completed. 



The fine collection of spears from the Pacific has been entirely re-arranged, all addi- 

 tions incorporated, and a strict classification by locality adopted. 



In Room V. a desk case has been placed to contain some of the choicer weapons and 

 other objects, from the Asiatic Islands 



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