ACCOUNTS, &;C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. ]g 



an Irisli personal seal ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. Seal of the House of Trinita- 

 rian Friars at Hounslow, Middlesex ; of the White Friars, Marlborough ; and of Balin- 

 robe, CO. Mayo, Ireland. 



Eight disused seals of English colonies ; presented by the Lord President of the 

 Council. 



(4.) Byzantine and Foieicjn Mediavnl, Sj"c. — Urns, glass beads, and iron weapons of the 

 Teutonic period, from Sprendlingen, Hesse-Darmstadt, and Wiesbaden. 



Four earthenware flasks, connected with St. Menas, from Alexandria ; and three 

 Byzantine pilgrim flasks of lead; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. Six earthenware 

 bottles, four Christian lamps, and five Coptic crosses, from Egypt. 



Seven foreign seals ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., and eighty-four other seals. 

 A silver cross of Italian workmanship, an agate watch, and a ring dial. 



(5.) G/ass Colkction. — Three fragments of Roman glass, found on the site of a Roman 

 vilia, near Granada, Spain ; presented by Mons. E. Colibert. Lower part of a Roman 

 vase of rare type, found at Cologne ; presented by Mons. Edouard Hei'statt, of Cologne. 

 A large series of beads and olher objects found in Egypt. Four glass vases discovered 

 by General di Cesnola, in tombs in Cyprus : they consist of a bowl inscribed with the 

 name of the maker, Ennlon ; a cuj) with the name of the maker, Meges ; a very fine 

 bottle in the form of a human head, with an inscription; and a bottle of unusually elegant 

 form. 



Two bottles found in the foundations of the churches at South Kil worth and Lutter- 

 worth, Leicestershire ; jDresented by the Rev. Assheton Pownall, r.s.A. 



Nineteen Arab glass coins or weights, from Egypt. 



A German tankard, dated 1618 ; a French glass, dated 1749; and a Dutch glass, with 

 English inscription ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. A very rare goblet of the 14th 

 century, with the name of the maker, Magister Aldrevandinus. A German vessel in the 

 form of a battleaxe, and two moulded medallions. 



Four specimens of Bristol glass, with enamelled decoration ; presented by William 

 Edkins, Esq. 



(6.) EfhnograpJiical. — A gold vase in the form of a tomb, taken from the Summer 

 Palace near Pekin, and containing the hair of the Chinese Empress Heaou-tih. Horn- 

 like ornament, worn by the Druse women ; presented by Scheykh A. H. Abd-Elmalik. 



A saucer of red earthenware from South America ; presented by Mons. L. de Zelinski, 

 of Paris. 



III. — Christy Collection. 



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

 which still remains temporarily deposited in rooms at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster : 



The preparation of the Catalogue has been continued ; 976 fresh slips have been 

 written, together with sketches of the objects. 



The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them 

 transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum: — 



1. Prehistoric Antiquities of Europe, Africa, and Asia. — Three drift implements from 

 Milford Hill, Salisbury, from William Blackmore, Esq. ; twelve drift implements from 

 Mildenhall, Suffolk, from Rev. W. Greenwell, f.s.a. ; a drift implement of quartzite, 

 found on Lizard Downs, Cornwall, from J. J. Rogers, Esq. 



Flint flakes from a cave of the Paleolithic period, at Cresswell Crags, Derbyshire, 

 from the Rev. J. Magens Mello. 



Two flinching implements from the North Riding, Yorkshire, tAvo flint flakers from 

 Suffolk and Yorkshire, and arrowheads frorn Gloucestershire, from Rev. W. Greenwell, 

 r.s.A.; two stone polishers from Pickering, Yorkshire, from J. R. Mortimer, Esq.; celt 

 of green stone from Hoklerness, Yorkshire, from George Edson, Esq. ; flint flakes from 

 Folkestone, from the Rev. J. Magens Mello. 



Four flint Implements from co. Antrim, Ireland, from the Earl of Antrim. 



Thirty-four stone implements from Denmark, six celts from Spain, two from Rome, and 

 one from Catania, Sicily ; collection of stone and obsidian implements from Greece ; 

 twenty-four celts from Asia Minor, and four stone knives and two stone pendants, from 

 Thebes ; from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Two celts found at El Molino del Rey, near Granada, Spain, from Mons. E. Colibert ; 

 seventeen flint implements found in the Val di Chiana, Tuscany, from the Countess 

 Vlttorlna Toscanelli ; three obsidian cores from Hungary, from John Evans, Esq. ; two 

 worked flakes of obsidian from the island of Melos, from Professor Joszef Szabo. Buda- 

 pest ; stone polisher from Egypt, from Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



Series of stone imiilements and fragments of pottery from South Africa, from Dr. W. 

 G. Atherstone. 



2. Ethnograpliy of Africa. — Sling from the Nile, from Rev. Greville J. Chestei". 

 Earthen vase from Abbea Coutah, West Africa, from the Director of the Royal 



Gardens at Kew ; collection of ethnographical objects from Nupe on the Niger, from 

 i6b. c 2 H M. 



