ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 4.5 



Glazed tile, with raised design, from the Manoir d'Angot, near Dieppe, presented by 

 Henry Willett, Esq. ; and a Palissy ware dish, with the Judgment of ScIdIo iiresented 

 by A. W. Franks, Esq. 1 'i 



Pair of bottles of Dutch delft, of elegant foi-m, painted in blue, presented by Lady 

 Charlotte Schreiber ; plate of Dutch delft, inscribed, " William and Suanna (sic) 

 Pluiner, Yarmouth, 1754;" presented by Emerson Norman, Esq. 



Dish of Japanese design, brusht back with gold ground, and twelve plates, painted at 

 Delft with the signs of the Zodiac, by Sir James Thornhill, August 1711. lliis set of 

 plates belonged to Mrs. Hogarth, the daughter of Sir James' Thornhill, an<l at her 

 sale were acquired by Horace Walpole ; and a pair of plates, of Dutch delft, with 

 the names of Benjamin and Mary Quinton, Yarmouth, 1752 ; all presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



A German delft jug, painted by J. G. Fliegel, of Arnstadt, in 1775 ; presented by 

 A. W. Franks, Esq. ' i J 



Seven specimens of German stoneware, of various fabrics, of whicli five have 

 portraits or inscriptions relating to England ; presented by Lady Charlotte Schreiber. 

 A Nassau stoneware jug, with the initials of Queen Anne, presented by Henry H. 

 Howorth, Esq., M.p. A teapot of German stoneware, made at Meckenheim, presented 

 by Henry Willett, Esq. 



(b.) English Pottery and Porcelain. — A further addition to the gift of the collec- 

 tion of fragments of pavement tiles from Chertsey Abbey, probably the most 

 remarkable English examples of the 13th century, has been made by Dr. Shurlock, 

 and, with these additions, it is hoped that a series may be pieced together for ex- 

 hibition. 



Additional gifts have been made to the Franks Collection of English pottery and 

 porcelain, of which the most noticeable are as follows : Two early medieval vessels 

 from Horley, Surrey ; a figure of Flora, made by John Dwight, of Fulham ; a posset 

 pot of Staftordshire " slip " ware, with the name of Joseph Glass; a Lambeth bottle 

 for " Renish Wine, 1641," and a Lambeth mug, inscribed " Bee merry and wise 

 1660." 



A roofing tile with arms of the Dormer family, and an earthenware plaque, said to 

 have been made at Wattisfield, Suffolk ; both presented by John Evans, Esc^., D.c.L. 



Mug, with lustre decoration, said to have been the first specimen so decorated at 

 the Cambrian factory, presented by Wilson Crewsdon, Esq. ; and a terra-cotta ball 

 found at Lyminge, Kent, presented by the Rev. Canon Jenkins. 



(c.) Glass. — Vase of "Phoenician" glass from Egypt, tazza and various small 

 ornaments found at Tyre, and probably Roman ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Various small specimens of glass from Egypt ; Arab weights, with inscrijjtions, also 

 froni Egypt, and a purple bottle from Beyrut. 



Fragment, with impression of cufic seal, found near Mosul, presented by E. A. W. 

 Budge, Esq. ; and fragment of a stamped Arab weight from Cairo, presented by 

 F. LI. Griffith, Esq. 



Cup and saucer of milk glass, painted with a landscape, from Strawlieriy Hill ; 

 presented by Lady Charlotte Schreiber. 



A glass panel with subjects from the life of the Virgin (verre eglomise), and bearing 

 the monogram of Albert Diirer ; presented by Albert Hartshorne, Esq., F.s.A. 



German satirical goblet, representing seven tailoi's being weighed against a goat. 



A bowl of amber glass enamelled in brilliant colours, with a figure of an attendant 

 in Paradise, Persian work of the 15th century ; a patch box of purple glass, enamelled 

 probably at Chelsea ; and a Japanese glass ball imitating amethyst, on wooden stand ; 

 all presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A drinking glass with engravetl portrait of the Young Pretender, and allusive 

 mottoes. 



(6.) Oriental and Ethnographical : — 



Stone capital of a pillar in the form of two lions back to back, covered with 

 inscriptions in Bactrian Pali, found at Mathura on the River Jumna ; and a copper 

 seal v/ith an inscription in Bactrian; bequeathed by the Pandit Bhagwanlal Indraji, 

 of Bombay. 



Six ancient Buddhist sculptures in stone, from Yusufzai, Afglianistan, and seven 

 ancient carvings in hard wood, with figures, &c., found in a cave called Kasniir 

 Smats, Punjab ; presented by Captain H. A. Deane, Assistant (,'ommissioner, 

 Mardan. 



Two stone sculjjtures of Roman style, and a third of the usual character, fi-om 

 Northern India. Figure of Buddha, and head of a Bodhisatva in stone, found in 

 excavations at Takht-i-bhai, Yusufzai; presented by C. E. Pitman, Esip, Superinten- 

 dent of Indian Government Telegraphs. 



String of beads, &c., from the Manikyala Tope, Upper Panjab ; presented by 

 A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Eight copper-plate grants from India, some of them dated in the 12th and ISth 

 centuries of our era, presented by His Highness the Maharaja Singh, of Rewah. 



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