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massive handles; it is of an oval form, and is or- R QQM 1L 
namented all round with Bacchanalian figures. Antiquities. 
No. 12. A bronze statue of Hercules carrying 
away the apples from the Garden of the Hespe- 
rides. 
No. 13. One of the feet, or supports, of an an¬ 
cient tripod table. 
No. 14. A statue of Venus, naked to the 
waist, and covered with drapery from thence 
downwards. It was found in the maritime baths 
of Claudius, at Ostia. 
No. 15. A bronze statue of Apollo. 
No. 16. One of the feet, or supports, of an an¬ 
cient tripod table, executed in porphyry. It re¬ 
presents the head and leg of a panther. 
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. 
No. 18. A fountain ornamented with ivy and 
olive branches. The water was conveyed through 
a perforation on 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. 
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 
collection of Sir JVilliam Hamilton . 
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