42 ACCOUNTS, &C , OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A pharmacy jar of early Faenza ware, with masks in relief, and a pitcher of Asciano 

 ware, dated 1600, presented by Sir J. Charles Eobinson, f.s.a. Majolica plate, with a 

 scene from the Cartoon of Pisa, and the arms of Cardinal Bembo, from the Fountaine 

 Collection. 



Sixteen Persian tiles, painted in lustre with inscriptions and ornaments, 13th or 14th 

 century. Panel and two tiles of Persian pottery, brought by the donor from Persia, 

 presented by Cecil H. Smith, Esq. 



Three Persian dishes of painted ware, probably of the 13th century, found in excavations 

 near Teheran ; a Persian dish decorated with white slip ; a faience vase of Persian style ; 

 two plates of Narbonne majolica ; a lustred Italian majolica saucer, with St. Jerome ; a 

 late majolica plaque, signed by S. Grue ; a jug of Frechen ware, and three other speci- 

 mens of German pottery ; and four specimens of Dutch delft; all presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



(b) English Pottery and Porcelain. — A dish of Staffordshire slip ware, signed by Thomas 

 Toft, three specimens of Lambeth dellt, and three panels of tiles of the same ware, pre- 

 sented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Plate of cream ware, with a portrait of Nelson, presented by Montagu Guest, Esq. ; 

 bust, representing " Air " and " Water," in Leeds cream ware, and a vase of Wedg- 

 wood's white jasper, presented by Charles Bartholomew Farmer, Esq. A plateau of 

 Wedgwood's white jasper, presented by W. Johnston Stuart, Esq., and a Wedgwood 

 coffee cup and saucer, of sage green jasper, with cameos in white, presented by Felix 

 Josejih, Esq. 



Three specimens of early Bristol porcelain, two of them marked " Bristoll " in relief, 

 presented by Henry Willett, Esq., f.g.s. 



(c) Glass. — Ten antique beads in the form of doves, probably from Cumae, presented 

 by Professor A.H. Church. Strips of mosaic and other glass from the cemetery of Tanis, 

 in the Nile Delta, presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund. Vessel of Roman period, 

 of unusually thin glass, from the Fayum, presented by W. M. Flinders Petrie, Esq. A 

 string of purple and yellow glass beads from Akhmlm, presented by Henry Wallis, Esq., 

 and two strings of beads, imitating sapphire and emerald, from the same place, presented 

 by the Eev. Greville J. Chester. 



Five pieces of Roman glass from Cyprus, including a cup with a drawing inside the 

 cover, presented by the Cyprus Exploration Fund. 



Sixteen specimens of Arab and other glass, a number of beads, and two Coptic neck- 

 laces. 



Eighteen specimens of Venetian, German, and other glass, from the collection of the 

 late Mr. Octavius Morgan. Five vessels of German glass, with painted or gilt de- 

 coration. 



A tumbler and wine glass engraved with the arms of Antonio Xav. Gentili, titular 

 Archbishop of Petrae, 1727, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Three specimens of modern Indian glass, presented by Henry Willett, Esq., f.g.s, 



A Persian bottle with gilt ornament, and a Chinese turquoise bottle, bearing the mark 

 of the period Yung ching (1723-1736), presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



(6.) Oriental and Ethnographical: — 



Four sculptures from Buddhist buildings at Yusufzai, Afghanistan, collected by Sir 

 Edward Clive Bay ley, and presented by Lady Bayley ; two pieces of sculpture from the 

 same locality, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. ; and a piece of similar style, repre- 

 senting a centaur, from Deurra Ismail Khan, N.W. Punjab, presented by Edward 

 Lockwood, Esq. 



Stone bust of a Naga Rajah, and terra cotta coin moulds, from a village on the Island 

 of Elephanta, presented by Harold Smith, Esq. 



A gold figure of Buddha, from India ; a steatite box with Jain figures, and three bronze 

 Buddhist figures from Siam, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Amber figure of Gautama Buddha, and one in wax coated uith silver, from a monastery 

 near the Nat Tiak Pass, Burmah, presented by Robert Gordon, Esq., c.E, 



Bronze mask of Hanuman, presented by Henry Willett, Esq., F.G.S. 



Two processional standards of gilt copper, pierced with inscriptions, of Persian work, 

 presented by A. AV. Franks, Esq. 



A number of specimens from China and Corea, including pottery, porcelain, imple- 

 ments of brass, &c., presented by Thomas Watters, Esq., Her Majesty's Acting Consul 

 General, Corea. Three specimens of ancient Corean pottery and a bronze spoon, pre- 

 sented by W. G. Aston, Esq. A Persian scimitar blade, and an Indian dagger with 

 crutch handle, from the Londesborough Collection. 



A Chinese bronze ewer and cover, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq, 



Sword used by cxecu+ioner at Canton, presented by Inspector Quincey, of the Hong 

 Kong Police. 



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