4147 A ^very Chfiout Rofiiy, ^y BENVENUTO Cthhl'ai, /aid io he the Rofai^ 



Hekrietta Maria, ^teeti '0/ King Cha^i.^s I. -ivic, inher KeceJJiiies, pawnei 

 it io ihe Duke c/* O a r, it a N 3 . // conjtjls of fix plumb and fifty cherry -fiones j the fiffi 

 ' mofi curiotfiy carved 'with parts ofhifiory, the latter nvilh heads of emperors ; and on 

 the reverjes emblems and mottos—oi which a manufcript account is'annexed r- 

 , f^^^^ (PC'uCA. 4 ' + ^ ^ '"^f- remarkable fine ditto , by'DiTTQ, /aid to ha-ye been the property of Pope G L E M E N T 



VJI, confifiing of thirty-twj plurtil -fiones of exjuifite ivorkmanfi^ip of fculptures en 

 both fides, in rclie-vo ; and hetnveen each fione is a-pearl, ^z, in number, with a 

 larger one on the top of the tajfiel — a manurcript account is annexed 

 4149 A piece of cawing in -vjood, npre/enting landficapes, with 'Views, in which is intrO' 

 • duced water with veffels fiailiug^ and on land 'Various reprefentations of hunting, with 

 ' boar, fiag, dogs, and ttien on horfeback : — the whole executed in a-manner that is 



beyond defcription, and in the higheft prefervation 

 A gold box, with an exceeding curious mofaic top and boftom — ~~ 



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A Anall chimera of fine antique mofaic, fet in gold as a ring, and- furns' upon^a 

 fwivel. ;The %ure has'the wings and feet of a bird, with a human face, 'and 

 feems to be an Hieroglyphic 

 A precious fragment of an antique intaglio, in an ex'cceding fine carnclian, fet in. gold 

 for a ring. It reprefents Herculks as low as the waifi, fitting in a fi^iff", with 

 a lianas Jhin for a fail, one of ihe paws is fafiened by a firing, which hangs O'ver the 

 head o/" Hercules, whcfe firengh in neck and hack is wonderfully expreffed in. fo 

 Jmall a compafs 



A cameo of the head of AuGuaxus C^sar, upon a remarkable fine onyxtihe head 

 white, upon a jacynth ground, the workmanfijip of fupcrlative excellence. It was 

 found at Malta 



The h^ad of Juptter S.EHAPiSf- cut Out of a green bafaltes, a mefi inimitable piece 

 of ficulpture, o/" Egyptian workmanftiip,/>c/« the Barberini cabinet ; the fixe aiout 

 finches. The countenance is highij exprffiiveof i\ih\im\ty and 

 with fweetnefs and grace 



y -4'55 ^'^^ ^°J^ celebrated antique Vase, er Sepulchral Urn, /"fiw /^f< Barberini 



-cabinet, a/ Rome. ■ It is the identical yiva. which contained the afi^es of tin Raman 

 emperor Alexander Sevfrus, and his mother M a m m e a , which was depofited 

 'in the earth about the year 235 after-QuKisy , and was dug. up by order cf V OPS 

 -Barberini, named \Jrb an YllL ietweew the years 1623 and 1644. The, 

 '.materials of which it is compofied emulate an onyx, the ground a rich iranfparetit 

 ■ dark amethyfiins colour, and the fnowy figures which adorn it are in has relief, of 

 workmanfiiip abo-ve all encomium, and fuch as cannot but excite 'in us the higheji idea 

 of the arts of the ancients. Its dimenfions are q inches and 3 quarters high, and 

 21 Inches and 3 quarters in circumference. A more particular account of this 

 famous vafe may be found in Montfaucon's Antiquities, 'vol. Y.hookW. chap. VI. 

 In Sig. Bartoli delle Sepulchri Antichi. In theJEics Barberina. In Wright's 

 Breval's, and Miilbn's Travels. In Wihcltleman on ihe Arts of the Ancients. 

 iJc. i£c. 



A ueryjine gold cup emd falver, weight 4402. 1.5 dwts. 



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