458 Notes. 



Sale of the Nightingale Collection of Porcelain. 



The very notable collection of porcelain which belonged to the late 

 James E. Nightingale, F.S.A., was sold at Christies, on December 7th 

 and 8th, 1911, by order of his surviving sister, Mrs. Dubourg, of the 

 Mount, Wilton, and as was to be expected almost everyone of the 

 223 lots realised a high price ; the total for the first day (English 

 china) being ^2,933 2s. 6d., and that for the second day (Continental 

 and Oriental china) ^2,934 4s. 6d. Amongst the English china were 

 remarkably fine examples of Bristol, a tea cup and saucer of which 

 bearing the arms of Burke sold for £178 10s. The Worcester examples 

 were also very fine, an oviform vase selling for £273, and a cup and 

 saucer ^6222 12s. A set of three Longton Hall vases made ^231. 

 The oriental china was also of the first quality, a couple of Kang-He 

 teapots fetching 130 and 100 guineas respectively, whilst a Ming 

 famille verte bottle brought 190 guineas, two green cups and saucers 

 70 guineas, a pair of Qgg shell cups and saucers 62 guineas, and a 

 couple of dishes 52 guineas each. The pieces which composed this 

 most representative collection were few of them large, but they had 

 been admirably selected by one who 25 or 30 years ago was an 

 acknowledged authority in the realm of porcelain. Sketches of four 

 of the English pieces appeared in The Queen December 16th, 1911, 

 The two cases which formerly contained this collection have been 

 purchased from Mrs. Dubourg by the Society and are now in the 

 Museum. E. H. Goddard. 



M.S. Note Books by the Rev. A. C. Smith. Through 



the kindness of Mr. O. G. S. Crawford, of Oxford, the librarian has 

 recently purchased for the library three 4to note books bound in 

 vellum, containing various notes ; one lettered " Ancient Wilts " 

 contains a series of scanty notes on General English History of no 

 special interest, with at the end (p. 417) a list of the Wiltshire 

 Archceological Magazines from N"o. I. issued March, 1854, to No. 86 

 issued December, 1896, with the date of issue of each and the name of 

 the editor. Also (on p. 421) a list of the places of meeting of the 

 Society with the number of members belonging to the Society, and 

 the name of the President for each year from 1853 to 1891. The 

 second volume lettered " Wilts to wit, North and South," contains 

 under the name of each parish in Wilts a number of notes and 

 references, chiefly to Domesday and Wilts Arch. Mag. The third 

 volume, entitled " Key to Map of Antiquities in 100 Square Miles Round 

 Avebury " contains much of the original material for Mr. Smith's large 

 book on " The British and Roman Antiquities of North Wiltshire. 

 The original drawings of the sections of the Great Map finished in 

 water colours are here, lists of subscribers to the work, and of those to 

 whom the author had written, estimates of the cost of printing the 

 second edition, also a list of the photographs of Members of the Society 

 in the album presented to the Rev. A. C. Smith by the Society in 1885. 





