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ROOM XII. 
Antiquities. 
TWELFTH ROOM. 
COLLECTION OF SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON . 
(Cases 1, 2, 3, 4.) Penates, or household 
Gods, in bronze: many of them are in fine 
preservation, and of good sculpture, and‘are 
valuable on many accounts, particularly for the 
variety of attributes by which they are severally 
distinguished. In these cases are also contained 
some bronze vessels, remarkable for their size or 
elegance. 
(Case 5 .) A raven, the size of life ; and five 
large candelabra of bronze. The raven was pre¬ 
sented, 1777, by Lord Sea forth. It is of the 
finest workmanship, and has probably belonged 
to a statue of Apollo. 
(Case 6.) Specimens of ancient glass. The 
principal articles are four cinerary urns. One of 
them has the leaden covering, in which it was 
preserved ; and another contains the burnt bones, 
and the asbestos cloth, which prevented the ashes 
of the body from mixing with those of the funeral 
pile. These articles are accompanied by a great 
number of lachrymatories, and various other 
vessels, and fragments of vessels, of different 
forms and colours; the whole of which afford 
ample proofs of the ingenuity of the Ancients, 
and 
