42 ACCOUNTS, kC, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



18. Moulded dish (Gazette Aicheologic|ue, 1885, p. 328, fig. 23 ; Tresor de Chaourse, 

 pi. 5). 



19. Pedestal of a statuette. 



Cup. Island of Chalice, near Rhodes. 



YITL—Lead. 



Beardless male head. Sardes. 



Head of bald old man. Ephesus. 



Fragments of imprecations. Marl, Cyprus. 



IX. — Talc fragment, with portions of a Greek inscription, perhaps an imprecation. 

 Marl, Cyprus. 



X. — Ivory. 



Bearded term. Tarentum. 



Fibula in form of dolphin; the eyes set with coral. Tarentxira. 



Tessera, inscribed ; ohv. MESSALINA ; rev. III. Naples. 



Tessera, inscribed . Cyprus. 



A. S. Murray. 



Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography. 



I. — A rra ngevient. 



PixliAsioric Saloon. The arrangements of this room have been brought to a con- 

 clusion, though the room itself could not convenient!)- be opened to the public until 

 January 1890. 



A large central case has been received and erected in one of the wings of this 

 Saloon, and in it have been displayed the antiquities from the Lake Dwellings of 

 France and Switzerland. New fittings have been made for the ancient Spanish 

 pottery and the prehistoric antiquities from Japan; and the glazed ends of two table 

 cases have been papered ; twenty black and gold labels for wall cases, and sixteen 

 ebonized labels for table cases, have been painted. Two views of French lakes 

 have been framed and labelled. 



One hundred and eight wooden stands for urns have been stained and varnished ; 

 19 wire stands have been made ; and a large number of card labels have been 

 written. 



The acquisition of the collection of Spanish antiquities from the MM. Siret has 

 necessitated a number of alterations in the wall and table cases, but they have all 

 now been arranged and la-belled. 



Asiatic Saloon. The collection of ancient Japanese pottery acquired by Mr. 

 Franks from Mr. W. Gowland has been arranged in the wall cases, with new fittings 

 where necessary. 



A catalogue on slips of the objects connected with Hindu mythology has been 

 begun, and 236 specimens have been described and labelled. 



Glass and Ceramic Gallery. Twelve trays for frag-ments of antique glass have 

 been made and lined witli velvet. 



A central case has been received and fitted, in which the poixelain from Chelsea 

 and Derby has been placed, and the collection of English porcelain has, in conse- 

 quence, been re-classed 'and re-arranged. 



Ethnographical Gallery. The sections of Burmah and Siam, Solomon Islands, and 

 Tonga, have been examined and the specimens cleaned. The specimens exhibited on 

 the tops of the wall cases have been twice examined and cleaned. The sections of 

 Australia and part of the Asiatic Islands have been compressed to make room for 

 the additions received from Professor Haddon and Mr. H. J. Veitch. Four central 

 cases have been received and placed in position. 



American Room. Two large projecting cases have been erected between the 

 windows, and fittings for them are in progress. Two small upright cases have been 

 mounted on plinths, re-painted, and the locks altered to the new suite. 



The collection of Mexican antiquities from the island of Sacriiicios has been 

 arranged in five sections of the wall cases, and a frame has been made for two carved 

 Mexican tablets wnth hieroglyphics. A solid oak shelf has been erected on the 

 landing, on which Mexican sculptures have been placed. 



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