ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Esq., F.S.A. ; a third Avith two loops, an object of great rarity, found at Penvores, Maw- 

 gan, Cornwall, presented by J. J. Rogers, Esq. 



Remains of a wooden handle, perhaps for a bronze celt, and two ancient shoes, found 

 in bogs In the North of Ireland : presented by John Evans, Esq., F.R.S. 



A bronze spear-head of peculiar type^ presented by John Henderson, Esq., F.S.A, ; and 

 bronze armlets found in Surrey. 



Two circular bronze shields from the Meyrick Collection, one of them found at Moel 

 Siabod, near Capel Curig, Caernarvonshire, the other at Rhyd-y-Gorse, near Aberyst- 

 wyth, Cardiganshire; also, nine bronze implements from various localities; all presented 

 by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A very remarkable bronze mirror, with engraved Celtic pattern, bronze rings, and 

 glass beads, all found in 1833, with sepulchral remains in the parish of St. Keverne, 

 Cornwall; presented, with the sanction of T. H. Edwards, Esq., by J. J. Rogers, Esq. 



Two small fragments of the golden breast-plate found at Mold, in Flintshire, long pre- 

 served in the British Museum; presented by Mrs. Williams. 



A massive gold armlet of twisted pattern, found at Chatham, purchased under the 

 regulations for Treasure Trove. 



The foreign illustrations of this section comprise thirty copper implements and four 

 silver plates found in 1870, near the village of Gungeria, in the Mhow Talook, to the 

 north of Bourha, Central India ; presented by Captain A. Bloomfield ; also, some bronze 

 implements and ornaments from the site of pile-dwellings at Estavayer, Lake of Neu- 

 chatel, Switzerland. 



(2.) Anglo-Roman. — A sepulchral inscription for C. Saufeius, a native of Heraclea 

 Sentica, in Macedonia, and soldier of the 9th Legion, found at Lincoln. 



A rubber found with Roman remains at Corfe, Dorset ; presented by Joseph Prest- 

 wich, Esq., F.K.S. 



Two small gold ornaments stated to have been found near Barnard Castle, Durham. 



(3.) Anglo-Saxon, Bi-itish Medmval, ^c. — Ornaments discovered in an Anglo-Saxon 

 Cemetery at Soham, Cambridgeshire. 



A bone comb found in the Thames, and engraved in the Proceedings of the Society of 

 Antiquaries (iv. p. 188); presented by C. Drury E. Fortnum, Esq., F.S.A. 



An agate ring, inscribed with Anglo-Saxon runes, published in the Archteologia 

 (xxl. p. 117) ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A hat of plaited ivory, stated to have belonged to Queen Elizabeth. 



A "Black-jack," with the initials of King Charles L, and the date 1646, and an old 

 English leather " bottel." 



An alarum clock made by Thomas Tomplon ; presented by E. M. Ker, Esq. 



(4.) Byzantine and Foreign Mediceval. — Portions of ancient Coptic Vestments found in 

 Egypt ; presented by the Rev. Greville Chester ; two bronze lamps from Tel-el- Yahou- 

 deah, near Cairo ; and a bronze censer from Egypt. 



Two Byzantine Weights : one for three pounds, inlaid with inscriptions in silver, the 

 other for six ounces. 



A brooch found in Denmark, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. ; and a Carlovingian 

 coin set as a brooch. 



Teutonic antiquities found near Mayence, including a remarkable urn, with inscrip- 

 tions. 



A collection of fragments of German stoneware, found on the sites of potteries at 

 Siegburg, near Cologne, and at Neudorp, in the ancient duchy of Limburg ; serving to 

 fix the origin of specimens already in the collection ; presented by W. H. James Weale, 

 Esq., of Bruges. 



An ivory tankard, carved with a bacchanalian procession in high relief, and set with 

 jewels ; a salt-cellar of Ivory with similar designs, mounted in silver gilt; and a gold box 

 with enamels of oriental design, formerly belonging to Queen Charlotte ; all bequeathed 

 by Lady Frances Vernon Harcourt. 

 * Twelve matrices of seals, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



An amulet against magic of the year 1635, presented by Dr. Mulr, F.R.G.S. 



(5.) Glass Collections. — A small bottle of the Roman period, found in a tomb at Mjet, 

 Caucasus, presented by M. Michael Smirnoff, Tiflis. 



Two drinking glasses of extraordinary lightness, made formerly In Normandy, and 

 known as Verres defougere ; presented by Albert Way, Esq. 



A Venetian goblet In latticinio glass, sprinkled with gold ; a covered cup of Dutch glass, 

 a casket, and an enamelled wine glass. 



A vase, of imperial yellow, from China, dated in the period of the Emperor Yung- 

 tching, 1723-1736. 



(6.) Ethnographical. — Fifty terra-cotta vases found in tombs near the village of Palam- 

 bati, in the district of Coimbatore, Madras Presidency, presented by M. J. Walhouse, 

 Esq. 



Four carved Persian spoons, bequeathed by Charles Augustus Mylins, Esq. 



