40 ACCOUNTS, &C , OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Oviform object made of iron and brass, of unknown use, found at Cuxton near Rochester, 



and believed to be Roman, presented by Alfred White, Esq., f.s.a. 



(3.) Anglo-Saxon, British Mediaeval, §-c . .- — 



Anglo-Saxon pottery and other antiquities from Remenham, Berks, presented by Miss 

 Stapleton. 



Sword of Scandinavian type, inlaid with silver, stated to have been found in the 

 Temple, bequeathed by Henry Dunbar Baines, Esq. 



Section of a pile of old London Bridge, believed to be of the time of William the Con- 

 queror, presented by Messrs. F. J. Besley and Company. 



Portion of a carved draughtsman in morse ivory from Leicestershire, a bone chcs3 piece 

 found at Beverley, leaden Aveight Avith the arms of Kngland found at St. Neots, County 

 Huntingdon, and a bronze pendant with tlie arms of Berkeley, all presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



A pectoral cross carved in ivory, from Lewes Priory, Sussex. 



Circular medallion with an enamelled coat of arms, found at Selsey, Su-sex, presented 

 by Professor A. H. Church. 



Chalice and paten, the former with the Norwich hall-mark. 



Matrix in bronze of the seal of Brien, King of Tyrone, found at Beverley, presented 

 by A, W. Franks, Esq. 



Silver matrix of the seal of the Tailors' Company at Exeter, and a brass matrix of tlie 

 confraternity of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem in England. 



Portrait medallion in ivory by Le Marchant ; nine portraits in wax of the family of 

 George III., and a silver medallion portrait of Dr. Fothergill, presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



Winchester pint measure, of bronze, dated 1704. 



Gold watch made by John King, early 18th century, presented by Mrs. George 

 Cruikshank, 



The two portions of a wooden tally, produced as evidence at Petty Sessions at Castle- 

 town, Queen's County, in 1875, presented by Charles HIpwell, Esq. 



(4.) Byzantine, Foreign Mediceval , &;c. : — 



Early medallion, with design in cloisonne enamel, presented by Sir Hugh Hume 

 Campbell, Bart. 



A bronze vessel with a Byzantine inscription, YneP ANAnAYCGOC lOYAIANOY 

 TOY ATIOY ZA XAPI A, and" three otiier bronzes. 



Quadrant of bronze with the arms of the Gonzaga family, presented by the Duke of 

 Buccleuch. 



A brass ewer of Saracenic work, unusually delicate in execution, and elaborately Inlaid 

 with gold and silver, 14th century. 



Four specimens of Saracenic or Venetian metal work, presented by A. W. Franks, 

 Esq, 



An Arab chess-piece of Ivory, inlaid, presented by the Rev. Grevllle J. Chester. 



A silver dish of the 14th century, found In the Castle of Chalcis, Euboea, presented by 

 A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Thirty matrices of senls from the collection of the late Mr. Walrond, chiefly Italian. 

 They Include the seal of the Monastery on the Island of Gorgona, that of Fraiicesco del 

 Bellantes, Bishop of Grosseto (1407-1417), that of Santa Maria Novella In Chianti, of 

 St. Victor of Marseilles, of the Deanery of Bruges, etc. Two bronze seals obtained in 

 the East. 



An Italian bronze seal found between Catania and Palermo, Sicily, presented by 

 Captain S. Polkinghorne. 



A brass dish, German, 15th century, a German ivory horn dated 1541, an enamelled 

 medallion of Alexander Swartz of Augsburg, 16tli century; a panel of ivory with a 

 Saint, signed M.F.; a wax representing the marriage of Henri IV. and Marie de 

 Medicis, three portrait medallions in wax ; two bronze seals ; five notarial stamps ; and a 

 panel of embroidery, Italo-Byzantine. All presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



(5.) Ceramic and Glass Collections: — 



{".) Foreign Pottery and Porcelain. — An ewer of Medici porcelain, made at Florence 

 in the 16th century, an object of great rarity; a lamp of Damascus ware from the 

 Mosque of Omar at Jerusalem, bearing the name of the painter, Mustafa, and the date 

 1549. This important specimen is described and figured In '' Archasologia," vol. xlii, pi. 20. 

 And a vase of early Persian ware ; all presented by C. Drury Fortnum, Esq., v.p.s.a. 



A terra-cotta medallion, German, 15th century; thirteen specimens of German stone- 

 ware, including a very fine jug with the arms of Cologne ; twenty-three specimens of 

 Dutch and German delft, seven specimens of French pottery, including a delicately 

 painted jug of Moustiers ware from the Shandon Collection ; two pieces of Italian 

 pottery ; and twenty-cne examples of Rhodian, Damascus and Persian wares ; all pre- 

 sented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



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