34 ACCOUNTS, ^C, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



They may be desci-ibed as follows : — 



Italian Majolica. — A plate of Urbino ware, with a subject from Amadls of Gaul, on a 

 dark ground, border and back ornamented with grotesche. A circular dish, painted by 

 NiccoIJi da Urbino, with Apollo and Marsyas, and above the Feast of the Gods, after 

 Kaphael. A second example of the same artist, in a somewhat different style, a large 

 dish, with the Conversion of St. Paul, a composition of many figures in violent action. 



These two dishes are considered the finest examples of Niccola da Urbino's work. 



Pulissy ware. — A large oval dish, with the subject of the Woman taken m Adultery. 

 A characteristic example. 



Limoges ena.mels.— A set of twelve plates, painted in grisaille by Penicaud III., with 

 scenes from the Story of Psyche, engraved by Marc Antonio. The backs are painted with 

 busts within framework. 



An elegant ewer, signed by Pierre Raymond, and painted with Bible subjects in grisaille 

 with sli-j,ht flesh tints ; a coat of arms on the lip. 



A similar ewer, signed by Jean Courtols, and painted with a bacchanalian procession. 



(2.) Gift by A. W. Franks, Esq. .— 



£HamfZs.— Champleve enamel on copper, the Crucifixion, French, 14th century; 

 translucent enamel on silver, the Last Supper, French, 14th century ; another of similar 

 work, an Apostle, French, 15th century. Four medallions with fancy portraits, painted 

 enamel on silver. North Italian, late loth century. Pax with painted enamel on co|)per, 

 Italian, 15th century. Box of tarsia work, with medallion painted in enamel on silver, a 

 portrait of Pope Julius, Italian, 15th century. Five specimens of Venetian enamel, 

 viz., a dish of gadroon pattern, a pair of square trenchers, a salt cellar with coat of arms, 

 and a pax. 



Five sjoecimens of Limoges enamel, viz. : — A circiilar medallion portrait of the Dauphin 

 Frangois, son of Frangois I., who died during his father's lifetime, in 1536, at the age of 18. 

 This is probably part of a mortuary triptych, executed for the King, whose portrait is 

 therefore placed in a less important position than the Prince, on the back of the medallion. 

 The medallion is signed by Leonard Limousin, 1539. A large oval dish from the Foun- 

 taine Collection, with the Feast of the Gods, painted by Jean Courtols, after Raphael ; a 

 plaque from a mirror frame, with the Nymph of Fontainebleau, signed by the rare artist, 

 I. G. ; and two plaques of later Limoges enamel, forming the sides of a purse, probably 

 painted by one of the Nouailher family. 



Italian Majolica. — -Twenty -two specimens, viz. : — A spezerie jar for syrup of furaatory, 

 with portraits of Savonarola and others ; a companion jar for syrup of citron, painted with 

 birds ; another for pounded cumin, of Cast el Durante ware ; a pair of jars of the same 

 fabric, with St. John the Baptist and St. Sebastian ; another jar with arabesques and a 

 figure of St. Francis, of coarse Urbino ware. Six plaques, viz. : — The Sacrifice of Isaac , 

 of early Faenza ware, copied from an early Italian woodcut; a Holy Family, by 

 Niccola da Urbino ; the Crucifixion, signed I. S. C. ; the Martyrdom of St. Stephen ; 

 figure of St. Paul, signed F. F. 1583 ; and a Holy Family, circa 1550. A dish of sgraffiato 

 ware, the B. Virgin in Adoration. A plate with the arras of the Peruzzi family, of 

 Faenza ware. Seven dishes, viz. : — The punishment of Ananias, painted by Niccola da 

 Urbino, after Raphael ; a female bust and the letter N., of lustred Diruta ware ; a bird and 

 scrolls, Chaffagiolo ware ; the meeting of Jacob and Rebecca, in blue camai'eu, probably 

 Venetian: a female bust and scrolls, signed C.L. 1583; a figure of a soldier, Monte 

 Lupo ware ; and, with bacchanalian figures, Venetian ware, signed G. R. 



Spanish and French faience. — A lustred dish of Spanish ware, from the d'Huyvetter 

 Collection ; another, also lustred, with a bust of Marcus Regulus, perhaps of Italian work ; 

 a panel of Alcora ware with the Sacrifice of Iphlgenia, and 24 azulejo tiles. 



A 2)laque of Nevers ware with a portrait of the Duke of Orleans. 



Various other objects of less importance. 



The remainder of the acquisitions in this section include the following objects : — - 



Seventeen ivory carvings from the collection of the late Mr. M. Rohde Hawkins, 

 including two pieces of a Byzantine casket with curious subjects, two Byzaitine 

 panels with figures ; a Carlovlngian figure of a king ; a mirror frame of the 14th century ; 

 a fine group in high relief of St. Peter sheathing his sword ; three leaves of Gothic folding 

 tablets, one of them said to be from Mansfield, in Nottinghamshire; Italian carvings 

 in bone, representing the Judgment of Paris, and scenes from the history of the Knight 

 of the Swan ; and a pair of Flemish devotional tablets. 



A bronze ewer inlaid with silver, of Mosul work, 13th century. 



A bronze chrismatory of trefoil shape found at Cologne, presented by John Jennings, Esq. 



An Arab bottle of blue glazed ware from Egypt, presented by the Rev. Greville 

 J. Chester. A sherbet vase of pottery with sgraffito decoration, of Persian work, 

 presented by Henry Wallis, Esq. Eight wall tiles from Kutahia, Asia Minor. 



(5.) Glass 



