ACCOUNTS, Sec, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Depaktment of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnogkaphy. 



I. — Arrangement. 



The registration of acquisitions has been continued, including all the objects obtained 

 during the year, 523 in number, and the arrears of the previous year. 



The arrangement of the Grlass Collections in the Second Egyptian Room has been 

 completed. 



A number of British urns have been repaired, and three Early British sculptured 

 stones have been mounted on stone plinths. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



The acquisitions, exclusive of the additions to the Christy Collection, may be classed 

 as follows : — 



(1.) British and Prehisloric Antiquities. — Flint implement found near Maidenhead, 

 presented by the Rev. G. II. Sawyer. ■ Jade axe-blade, stated to have been found near 

 Dolgelly, but probably of New Zealand origin ; presented by Llewellyn Prichard, Esq. ; 

 Part of a stone polisher found in a barrow near Abbotsbury, Dorsetshire ; presented by 

 J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, Esq. 



Five British ui-ns from Amotherby, near Malton, Yorkshire ; presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. A large collection of urns from barrows in Cleveland, Yorkshire, ex- 

 cavated by the Rev. J. C. Atkinson. 



A fine urn from co. Antrim, Ireland ; presented by Sir C. WyvIUe Thomson. 



Nine stones with curious markings, believed to be early British, found in Northumber- 

 land and Yorkshire, In some cases In connection with barrows ; presented by the Rev. 

 "W". Greenwell, e.s.a. 



A palstave of bronze with two loops, an object of great rarity, found in Somersetshire ; 

 presented by William Edkins, Esq. A bronze sword from Ireland, and a bronze dagger 

 from the Thames ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Some remarkable objects found In the grave of a British chief, at Grimsthorpe, near 

 Pockllngton, Yorkshire; consisting of an iron sword in bronze sheath, portions of the 

 bronze coatings of a shield, and other objects, among which is a stud of red coral, all 

 evidently belonging to the late Celtic period ; jjresented by A. W. Franks, Esq. A bronze 

 fibula of late Celtic type, found on Avebury Down, Wilts; presented by Rev. Henry 

 Harris. Fragments of pottery, with late Celtic pattern, from Yarnton, Oxfordshire ; 

 presented by John Evans, Esq., f.k.s. 



The foreign illustrations of this section include the folio wins; : — 



Twenty-four bronze implements from Hungary, five from Spain, six from Saxony, five 

 from France, five from Denmark, and two from Italy; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 

 Two penannular rings from Austria; piesented by John Evans, Esq., E.K.s. A necklace 

 of solid gold beads from Hungary. 



Portions of two vases of potstone of uncertain age, found on the Col Colon, near Monte 

 Rosa ; presented by the finders, W. B. RIckman, Esq., and Gorrell Barnes, Esq. A core 

 from making such vases, found In the Val d'Ayas ; presented by John Digby, Esq. 



(2.) Anglo-Roman. — The handles and base of a large bronze vase of fine workmanship, 

 part of a fibula, and an enamelled ornament, probably ahorse-trapping; all found at Can- 

 terbury, and described in the " Archa;ologIa," vol. xllil. p. 151 ; presented by James 

 Pilbrow, Esq., f.s.a. A bronze fibula, found at Chichester; presented by Ernest H. 

 Willett, Esq., f.s.a. a Roman earthenware vase, found near Basing, Hampshire ; pre- 

 sented by the Rev. W. Wyatt Gill. A fragment of pottery of rare kind, found at York ; 

 presented by George Edson, Esq. 



(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Medieval, &)C. — Various objects discovered In Anglo-Saxon 

 cemeteries, at Ganton Wold and Rudstone, Yorkshire, South Wllllngham, Lincolnshire ; 

 Mildenhall, Suflblk ; Kempston, Bedfordshire ; and Malton, near Cambridge. 



A gold necklace, bronze vessel, and two glass vases, found with an Interment at Des- 

 borough, Northamptonshire. 



A gold bracteate, another of silver, and an armlet of silver, found at Longbrldge, near 

 Warwick. 



A remarkable sword-handle of wood, studded with gold filigree and garnets, found In 

 the North of England. 



A wooden comb inscribed, found at Romsey Abbey, Hants ; presented by J, G. 

 Waller, Esq. A bronze vessel with inscription ; presented by Charles S. Perceval, 

 Esq., LL.D., Treas. s.A. An earthenware cistern, found at Soham Fen, Cambridgeshire; 

 presented by the Rev. W. Greenwell. 



Matrix of a seal for labourers' passes in the hundred of Flaxwell, Lincolnshire, and 



