l6 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



ni.~l. Vase of red fictile ware with zig-zag pattern incised. From Cyprus. 



2. Two bronze bowls. From Cyprus. 



3. Female bead in stone. From Pyla, in Cyprus. 



4. Point of scabbard in bone. From Mayence. 



5. Hexagonal die in bone. 



Presented bj/ Augustus W. Frank';, Esq. 



IV. Small male figure in marble. From the Porta del Pojjolo, Rome. 

 Presented by the Rev. Greville Chester. 



V. — 1. Three rude terra- cotta figures. 



2. Frao-nient of a cup, of black fictile Avare, on which has been a frieze of charioteers, 

 and an inscription in relief. 



3. Ivory tablet on which is a group of Ajax seizing Cassandra. It has been attached 

 to a casket. 



Presented by Charles Merlin, Esq. 



Purchases. — 1. An archaic fictile vase with a rude figure in high relief on the neck. 



2. Two rude statuettes ; and 



3. Two camels' heads In terra-cotta. 



4. Female figure with ram's head, seated in chair ; in stone. 



Nos. 1 — 4 are from the Collection of General Cesnola, and were found in Cyprus. 



5. Twelve vases of black fictile ware, found at Capua. These vases, which belong to a 

 very rare class, are distinguished for their size, their beauty of form, and for the taste 

 with which ornaments in gold are introduced to rebeve the black ground. The lustre of 

 the black varnish is preserved almost in its original freshness. The series consists of three 

 large kraters, seven amphorfe, one oinochoe, and one lekythos. On the oinochoe a 

 female figure, holding two torches, is represented in relief, gilt and coloured ; on the 

 lekythos Eros drawing his bow, painted in gold. 



These vases belong to the Macedonian period, and may be ranked among the most 

 splendid extant specimens of fictile art. 



C. T. Newton. 



Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography. 



I. — A rrangement. 



The large central case on the west side of the Second Egyptian Room has been fitted 

 up with glass shelves, and with platforms covered %vith velvet ; and a selection of the 

 Venetiaii glass from the Slade Collection has been displayed in it. The remainder of the 

 collections of glass have been re-arranged in the wall and table cases on the same side of 

 the room. 



The Arctic collections have been incorporated and arranged in three central cases in 

 the Ethnogi'aphical Room ; fifty-five wall cases in that room have been emptied, the cases 

 have been painted and distempered, and the collections re-arranged in them. 



The Indian sculptures have been removed from the North Basement to the Cartha- 

 ginian Basement, preparatory to their being exhibited. 



The registration of acquisitions has been continued, and nearly all the objects acquired 

 during the year have been entered and incorporated. 



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. — An axe-head of stag's horn, three stone implements, and a 

 sword, dagger, and celt of bronze, found in excavating the new docks at Chatham, and 

 in the Medway ; presented by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Two bronze 

 swords from the Medway ; presented by Edwin A. Bernays, Esq. 



Querns, pounders, etc., found in excavations at Ty Mawr and Pen-y-Bonc, Holyhead 

 Island, Anglesea ; presented by the Hon. W. Owen Stanley, M.i*. 



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