^f, ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Polished stone celt from Summerhil), Troqueer, Kircudbrightshire, presented by 

 Robert Hope, Esq. 



Flint implements, pounders, fragments of pottery, and bones, from Whitepark Bay, 

 county Antrim, presented by W. J. Knowles, Esq. Thirty-nine flint arrow-heads from 

 county Antrim, and a number of rough flints from the raised beach at Larne, county 

 Antrim, presented by T. W. U. Robinson, Esq., f.s.a. 



A very remarkable wooden bucket, mounted in embossed bronze, a bronze jug, and a 

 saucepan-shaped vessel, found with an interment at Aylesford, Kent. Late Celtic 

 work. 



A bronze scabbard end, of the same period, from the North of Ireland, presented by 

 Miss Margaret Stokes. 



The foreign illustrations of this section include the following: — 



Thirty-six stone implements from Bellary, Madras Presidency, presented by 

 H. Gom.pertz, Esq. 



Two stone implements from Yezo, Japan, presented by R. D. Darbishire, Esq., f.s a. 



Bronze arrowhead from a grave at Dambian, near Jask station of the Persian Gulf 

 Telegraph, presented by W. M'Douall, Esq. 



Quartzite implement from Kllwa, Eastern Africa, presented by Lieut. H. S. Smith, K.N. 



Pounders, implements, and chips of chert, &c., found at Wady Haifa, Egypt, presented 

 by Brigade Major S. Archer. 



(2.^ Anglo-Roman: — 



Amphora of red ware and portions of a drinking cup of slip ware, found at Old Ford. 

 Terra cotta lamp, found at Boxmoor, Herts, with other remains already in the Museum, 

 presented by John Evans, Esq , D.C.L., f.r.s. 



A bronze fibula from the Thnmes. A fragment of Roman scale armour found at the 

 Camp at Hamhill, county Somerset, presented by Hugh Norris, Esq. 



(3.) Anglo-Saxon, Bi-itish Medimval, 8fc . : — 



Saxon bronze fibulae and amber beads, found in Oxfordshire. 



An inscribed stone from the ruins of Monaincha, county Tipperary, presented by 

 William Birch, Esq. 



A matrix of a seal formei'ly used by the Peculiars of Sarum, presented by Mrs. W. 

 Henley Jervis. 



A bridle bit of the 15th century, an axe-head, and other objects of iron, found in the 

 Thames, presented by Gr. F. Lawrence, Esq. 



An ancient buckler of Avood, mounted in iron, found in an old house at Winsley, 

 Wilts. 



A knife with a bone handle found in Southwark, presented by H. R. Wagner, Esq. 



A gold watch set Avith carnelian, made for King James II. by Strigner of London, 

 and given by the King to his daughter. Lady Catherine Darnley ; another made by 

 James Thornton, and a portion of a watch case chased by Manley ; a portable sundial, 

 perpetual calendar, &c.. in gold, made by Tompion for William, sixth Lord Paget, 

 who died in 1713; and the case of a sundial with the arms of Stanhope; all presented 

 by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Tortoiseshell box with a silver medallion of Queen Anne, dated 1705, and signed by 

 the artist, O'Brisset, presented by H. Montagu, Esq. f.s.a. 



Two hexagonal porcelain plates, made at Bow for Mr. Robert Crowther, of Stockport, 

 in Cheshire, .Fanuary 1770, presented by Henry Willett, Esq., f.g.s. 



(4.) Earhi Christian, Byzantine, Foreign Medioeval, &^c. : — 



Two early Christian lamps of terra-cotta, from Alexandria, presented by 

 T. W. U. Robinson, Esq., f.s.a. 



A silver bowl and four spoons with monograms and inscriptions in Greek and Latin, 

 inlaid with niello, probably from Lampsacus ; and a hinged medallion of silver with the 

 Lion of St. Mark. 



Portion of a Byzantine intaglio on ha;matite. 



A pricket candlestick of Limoges champleve enamel, and an Italian chalice, enamelled, 

 and bearing the name of the maker. From the Beresford Hope Collection. 



A Runic almanac on wooden staves, with the arms of the Isle of Man, of the 15th cen- 

 tury. 



One hundred and forty-two matrices of seals, chiefly Italian, from the Ingram Collec- 

 tion. Among them may be specially noticed the following : — Alfonso II., Duke of 

 Ferrara ; Galeazzo Visconti ; Bartolomeo, Canon of Pisa ; Bartolomeo, Bishop of 

 Ferrara; an Archbishop of Brindisi ; Cardinal Paulus de Ca3sis, 1517; Guido Ascanius 

 Sforza, Cardinal of San Flora, 1533 ; and a bronze model of the seal of Cardinal -liEgi- 

 dius, of Viterbo, 1517. Five other matrices of seals. 



A carving in jet, with scenes from the history of Joseph ; another in wood, of Mount 

 Athos style, with the death of Saint Francis ; a panel in ivory with the arms of England, 

 and a horn comb ; all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A brass 



