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ROOM II. 
Antiquities. 
j Rome, in 1815, by Charles Standisli , Esq . 
from whom it was purchased by the Trustees in 
1826. 
No. 13. One of the feet, or supports, of an 
ancient tripod table. Ft. 3. PI. hi. 
No. 14. A statue of Venus, naked to the 
waist, and covered with drapery thence down* 
wards. It was found in the Maritime Baths 
of Claudius, at Ostia. Pt. 1. PI. vm. 
No. 15. A bronze statue of Apollo. Pt. 3. 
PI. VII. 
No. 16. One of the feet, or supports, of an 
ancient tripod table, executed in porphyry. It 
represents the head and leg of a panther. Pt. 3. 
PL vm. 
No. 17. A vase two feet eight inches high, 
of an oval form, with two upright double handles, 
which spring from the necks of swans. The 
body of the vase in front is enriched with a 
group of Bacchanalians. Pt. 1. PL ix. 
No. 18. A fountain ornamented with ivy and 
olive branches. The water was conveyed through 
a perforation in the back part of this monument 
to a serpent's head, in which a leaden pipe was 
introduced, part of which still remains in the 
mouth. Pt. 1. Pi. x. 
No. 19. A colossal head of Hercules, dug up 
at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, where it had 
been buried by the lava of that volcano. From 
the 
