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



(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Mediceval, 8fc. : — 



Saucer-shapetl brooch of gilt bronze, and iron spearhead, found in an Anglo-Saxon 

 grave in the parisli of .Renaenham, Berkshire; presented by Miss Stapleton. Saucer- 

 shaped brooch of gilt bronze, another brooch, a crystal bead, and a fragment of pottery, 

 found with Anglo-Saxon interments, at Leighton Buzzard; presented by Edward 

 Lawford, Esq., m.d., f.s.a. A bronze buckle, plated with gold and set with garnets, and 

 ten beads of amethyst^ and glass, found in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery near Faversham, 

 Kent. 



Bronze bowl, with three loops for suspension, found in a barrow of earlier date, near 

 Hawnby, N. Riding, Yorkshire. 



An Anglo-Saxon urn of unusual form, found at Cransley, Northamptonshire; presented 

 by John Wallis, Esq. 



Fragment of a stone cross with an Anglo-Saxon inscription, apparently to the memory 

 of a child ; found at Dewsbuiy, W. Riding, Yorkshire. Engraved in the " ArchsBologia," 

 vol. xxxiv., pi. XXXV, Presented by Thomas W. U. Robinson, Esq., f.s.a. 



An early bone chess-piece, found at Helpston, Northamptonshire ; presented by 

 J. A. Legh Campbell, Esq. 



Thirty-six enamelled pendants and medallions, with arms and monograms, probably 

 used as horse trappings, and chiefly of English w^ork ; brass matrix of the seal ol' Adrian 

 de Castello, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1504-1518 ; another of the King's Collector of 

 subsidies in the port of Southampton ; ancient leaden impressions of the seal of 

 John Paulet, Lord of Basing, and of the Great Seal of the Garter ; medallion portrait in 

 ivory, signed by D. Le Marchant. All presented hj A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Six matrices of seals, among them those of Thomas Bonde, Robert de Wodehouse, the 

 Borough of Sudbury, and Timothy Hall, Bishop of Oxford, 1688-1690, 



Sword from Reepham, Norfolk, found with coins of the Henries ; presented by the 

 Rev. Greville J, Chester, 



(4,) Earl?/ Christian, Byzantine, Foreign Mediceval, S^c. : — 



Two flask-shaped bottles, with early Christian devices, found in Asia Minor, Four 

 early Christian lamps, and six flasks with figures of St. Menas. 



Leaden Byzantine seal Avith three imperial heads ; presented by "VV. E. Hayns, Esq. 



Leaden bulla of Pope Urban VI., and several other leaden discs with various devices, 

 and 47 matrices of seals, chiefly ecclesiastical and Italian. 



Six plaques of mother of pearl, carved in relief with sacred subjects, probably Italian ; 

 a copper figure from a crucifix of Limoges work ; two figures from crucifixes, one of 

 wood, the other of ivory ; figure of St. James in jet ; and a fragment of mosaic from 

 St, Marks, Venice ; all presented by Sydney Vacher, Esq, 



Iron a.xe-blade of the 14th century ; presented by Walter K. Foster, Esq,, f.s.a. 



Spoon of walrus ivory, richly carved, the handle a figure of St. George, on the bowl 

 scroll work ; probably Scandinavian work; presented by William Edkins, Esq, 



Two pommes chauferettes of brass inlaid with silver, and a sprinkling bottle, all of 

 Mosul w^ork of the 15th century ; vase of similar work, probably Venetian; five ivory 

 figures of Saints, Portuguese and Spanish ; and a plaque of mother of pearl repre- 

 senting the triumphal entry of William of Orange into the Hague ; presented by 

 A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A plaque of Limoges enamel painted on copper, and bearing ihe stamp of G. Kip. It 

 represents the subject known as the " Calumny of Apelles," copied from a print by 

 Mocetto after Mantegna. This fine specimen was in the Debruge and Rattier collections, 

 and is described by the Marquis de Laborde, " Notice des Emaux du Louvre," p. 241 ; 

 exhibited in the Loan Exhibition at South Kensington in 1862 (Cat. No. 1,687); purchased 

 at the sale of the Hamilton Collection, 



A jug of early white stoneware, with designs in open work (imperfect), found on the 

 site of the factory at Siegburg, near Bonn; and a brick, dated 1581, with designs in relief, 

 the perron of Liege and the arms of Ernest of Bavaria, Bishop of Liege ; presented by 

 W, H. James Weale, Esq. 



Ma,jolica jug, with inscription in modern Greek ; made at Pesaro about 1765, by Casali 

 and Caligari ; presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



Circular horn box, with figures of saints and worshippers : presented by Giuseppe Pastore 

 dl Benedetto, 



(5.) Glass Collection : — 



Two pendants in the form of heads, from Karnak, Egypt ; presented by the Right 

 Hon. Sir William Gregory. A vase of opaque blue glass, a stibium case in the form 

 of a papyrus sceptre, various pieces for inlaying, and beads, chiefly from Egypt. 



Seven specimens of glass of the Roman period, excavated in Cyprus, by Mr. O. Richter, 



A Venetian goblet, circa 1500, enamelled with arabesques ; a German goblet delicately 

 painted with figures in landscape in the style of Johann Schapper ; and a bowl engraved 

 with figures of the Emperor of Germany and the Seven Electors, dated 1727 ; presented 

 by A, W, Franks, Esq. 



A drinking glass engraved with the Star of the Garter; presented by William 

 Edkins, Esq, 



A set of specimens of the glass used in Pekin for making cloisonne enamels ; presented 

 by S. W. Bushel!, Esq., m.d! 



(6,) Oriental 



