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Carter branch. Not the least interesting objects in 
this case are a tinder-box, with sulphur-tipped pieces 
of wood, used previous to the introduction of the lucifer 
match, Battersea enamel boxes, and a huge tortoise- 
shell comb, worn by ladies early in the nineteenth cen- 
tury. The fragment of bunting in a small special case, 
is a portion of the flag of Nelson’s ship, the Victory. 
There hangs on the wall the facsimile of a brass from 
St. Clement’s Church, Norwich, put up there to 
Margaret Pattwode, widow, 1514. | 
In the table cases, on the east side, will be found a 
curious alabaster basso-relievo,. representing the 
martyrdom of St. Erasmus, much defaced, but bearing 
some significant features. The Saint 1s represented 
as being disembowelled in the presence of the Emperor 
and his attendants. The second figure engaged in 
the torture is turning away his head as if sickened 
with his task. Associated with this piece, when found 
beneath the floor of Buckenham Church, Norfolk, was 
the early gilt and enamelled and once finely-jewelled 
double cross and crucifix, contained in a case above. 
Close by is a moulinet or windlass, for stringing 
the cross-bow, some Russian ikous, a portion of a 
triptych, in the Byzantine style of art, together with 
an example of Faenza ware of the sixteenth century. 
The Holkham sheep-shearing cup is one that was 
given in 1805 to a farmer, a tenant on the Holkham 
Estate, by Thomas William Coke, for improving the 
breed of sheep. Thomas William Coke, first Earl of 
Leicester, gave an extraordinary stimulus to Norfolk 
agriculture. The electrotype rose-water dish is a 
replica of the silver-gilt salver presented to the 
Norwich Corporation by the Hon. Henry Howard, in 
1663. In these cases are also some interesting examples 
of engraved copperplates, several ancient carvings, and 
some specimens of Buddhist and Pali literature, 
