ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THH BRITISH MUSEUM. I9 



The seals of the Ulnager of Winchester, of "William Norman, and of the customs of 

 Shoreham; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A watch, in an enamelled case, made by Bouquet, of London. 



A snuff box, with an enamel painted by W. Boone; bequeathed, in the name of Charles 

 Rickards, Esq., by his brother, George Holding Rickards, Esq., and a sword; bequeathed 

 by the same gentleman in his own name. 



(4.) Early Christian, Byzantine, Foreign Mediceval, Src — An ivory box, carved with 

 early Christian subjects, from the collection of M. Hugo Garthe, of Cologne. Four 

 flasks with representations of St. Menas, and five Early Christian lamps from Egypt. 



A Byzantine weight inlaid with silver. 



A carving in white marble from Italy; presented by the Rev. Morant Brock. 



A silver cup, with a figure in high relief, and an inscription not yet deciphered, from 

 the ancient Sogdiana, in West Central Asia. A stoneware vessel from Raghis, Persia; 

 presented by Caspar P. Clarke, Esq. 



Twenty-four matrices of seals ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq.; and a hundred and 

 eight other seals from the collection of M. Hugo Gartlie, of Cologne. 



Two carved ivory panels ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., and two covers of writ- 

 ing tablets carved in ivory. A Portuguese figure carved in ivory; presented by the Rev. 

 Greville J. Chester. 



Electrotype copy of the seal of the Confederate States of America; presented by 

 Joshua Nunn, Esq. 



(5.) Glass Collection. — Twelve specimens of ancient glass found in Egypt ; a Roman 

 bottle found at Maharraka in Nubia; and ten specimens of the Roman period from 

 Cyzicus, in Asia Minor. 



A Roman vase ornamented with lions' heads in relief, found near Rheims; presented 

 by John Evans, Esq., d.c.l., f.r.s. An inscribed tessera, found at Rome; presented by 

 Professor Arthur H. Church. A "chevron" bead found in Somersetshire; presented 

 by A. W. Franks, Esq.; and another, unusually small, from Egypt; presented by the 

 Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



A panel, painted and gilt, of the 15th century, from Dijon; presented by William 

 Burges, Esq. 



Two specimens of German glass, eight Persian, and eleven Chinese; presented by 

 A. W. Franks, Esq. Two German, one Venetian, and one Turkish; presented by 

 Edmund Christy, Esq. 



Two Arab weights and a Spanish lamp ; presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 

 Two Chinese specimens ; presented by Henry Wlllett, Esq.. F.G.S. 



(6.) Ethnographical. — A very fine canoe from the Solomon Islands, inlaid with mother 

 of pearl; presented by Herbert L. Montefiore, Esq. 



Two terra-cotta objects from Ceylon, in the form of topes ; presented by the RIo-ht 

 Hon. Sir W. H. Gregory. 



A set of Chinese weights; presented by the representatives of the late John Reeve, Esq. 



A few objects, obtained in the Arctic Expedition, 1875-76; presented by Chichester 

 Hart, Esq. 



Six specimens of cotton cloth from Ashantee ; presented by C. A. Solomon, Esq. 



III. — Christy Collection. 



In consequence of the completion of the new Pre-historic Room at the British Museum, 

 the walls of which it was proposed to line with cases belonging to the Christy Collection, 

 it was decided to close the Christy Collection at the beginning of September 1877, and to 

 remove the pre-historic portion of the collection to the British Museum. This was 

 accomplished, but on the cases being fully examined, they were found to be unsuited to 

 the purpose intended, and it was therefore decided to leave them in Victoria-street, and 

 to arrange in the space previously occupied there by the pre-historic section other ethno- 

 graphical specimens. This has necessitated the re-sorting and re-arranging of a large 

 portion of the collection, which has however now been effected, and the collection was 

 re-opened to the public in January 1878. 



The preparation of the Catalogue haa been continued ; 448 fresh slips have been 

 written, with a sketch of each object. 



^ The following donations have been received by the Trustees of the Christy Collec- 

 tion, and by them transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum : — 



1. Pre-historic Antiquities of Europe, Africa, and Asia. — A drift implement from 

 Hampshire, three from France, and a flint core found at Abbott's Langley, Herts., from 

 John Evans, Esq., D.c.L. Twelve drift implements of quartzite from Broom, near 

 Axminster, Devon, three from other parts of England, and ten from France, from 

 A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Flint implements and bones from Palseollthlc stations at Solutre, Saone-et-Loire, from 

 M. I'Abbe Ducrost of Solutre. A cast of a drawing on bone from the Dordogne caves, 

 and four stone implements from Sicily, from E. H. Willett, Esq., f.s.a. 



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