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or rarity of fabric ; and at each end stands a painted vase, of unusual 
but graceful form. 
The third, or most Northern, table is constructed similarly to the 
first, but is supported at one end by a small Caryatid figure, at the 
other by an ornamental pilaster. The South side is decorated with 
another mosaic representing a Sacrifice, and the North with a bas- 
relief, exhibiting a figure of Ceres receiving offerings. On the top of 
the table is a plain mosaic, in the middle of which stands a Roman 
marble cinerary urn ; and at the ends and sides are six objects in 
bronze, of which the statue of the Infant Bacchus is remarkable for 
its beauty, the two horses' muzzles for their rarity, and one of the 
helmets for the unusual preservation of its details and fittings. 
In the middle of the room, over the stove, is placed a Greek bronze 
cuirass, of remarkably fine workmanship. 
The description proceeds next to the objects arranged round 
the sides of the room, of which the most remarkable only can 
be here enumerated. 
Beside the South door is a bust of a laughing child, which has 
been considered Roman, though it may possibly rather be a production 
of the Renaissance school. 
The adjoioing Cases, numbered 33-36, contain minor specimens of 
sculpture, architectural or decorative fragments, and inscriptions. 
They belong chiefly to the Roman period, though some are of the class 
described as Grseco-Roman. Their subjects, and, whenever known, 
their sites of discovery, are indicated on their pedestals, or on the 
labels attached. In Case 33 is an inscription, on a monumental tablet, 
which, though imperfect, is of considerable interest, having originally, 
as it is believed, been dedicated to the memory of Vitruvius, the 
celebrated writer on architecture. On the upper shelves of Cases 
35, 36, is a collection of terracotta masks, and antefixal ornaments, 
designed to cover the ends of the roof-tiles over the external cornice 
of a building. In Case 35 are two Roman weights, and in 36 a muti- 
lated, but very beautiful bas-relief, of Ariadne sleeping on a rock. 
Case 37. Roman terracotta lamps, variously ornamented in bas-relief. 
Cases 38, 39. Small terracotta figures and fragments, chiefly of 
Italo-Greek workmanship ; amongst them, a jointed doll ; and under- 
neath, two Etruscan cinerary urns, partially coloured, with bas-reliefs 
in front, and recumbent figures of the dead upon their covers. 
Cases 40, 41. Terracotta vases, either perfectly plain, or with un- 
glazed colours. They are in some instances Greek, in others Roman, 
and designed for various uses. The most curious and elegant are the 
Greek' rhy torn, or drinking horns, terminating in animals' heads, the 
mouths of which were pierced for the passage of the wine. 
Cases 42, 43. A shelf of the red Roman earthenware with moulded 
reliefs, sometimes called Samian, sometimes Aretine. Another shelf, 
with small vases and lamps covered with a vitreous glaze of some rarity. 
In the lower half of these Cases commences the series of Greek 
