204 GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [ROOM IX. 
It weighs 81 pounds. It was found near Matlock Bank, in Derby¬ 
shire. Presented , in 1797, by Adam Wolley, Esq., and Peter Night¬ 
ingale, Esq. 
A pig of lead, with the name of the Emperor Hadrian inscribed 
upon it. It weighs 191 pounds. It was found in the year 1796 or 
1797, on a farm called Snailbeach, in the parish of Westbury, 10 miles 
s.w. of Salop. Presented, in 1798, by John Lloyd, Esq. 
A pig of lead, also inscribed with the name of the Emperor Ha¬ 
drian. Its weight is 125 pounds. It was found on Cromford Moor, 
in Derbyshire. Presented, in 1797, by Adam Wolley, Esq., and 
Peter Nightingale, Esq. 
A Roman altar, erected by some freedmen and slaves, upon the re¬ 
storation of their master to health. On one side are the rod and snake 
of iEsculapius, and sacrificial instruments. On the other, are the cor¬ 
nucopia and rudder, with a patera, simpulum, &c. Found near the 
Watergate, Chester, 1779. Presented by Sir Ph. de Malpas Grey 
Egerton, Bart . 
A large stone vessel, in form of half an octagon, on each of four 
sides are sculptured a bust in high relief, viz., Venus holding a mirror, 
Jupiter, Mercury with a caduceus, and Mars with a spear. It was first 
noticed by Horsley “ lying neglected in the mill at Chesterford, Es¬ 
sex.” It was afterwards procured by Dr. Foote Gower, from a black¬ 
smith, who had used it as a cistern for cooling his irons. In 1780, 
Thomas Brand Hollis received it from the Doctor’s widow, and pre¬ 
sented it, 1803. 
An altar, with a Greek inscription, dedicated by Diodora, a high 
priestess, to the Tyrian Hercules. One side is decorated with a bull’s 
head and sacrificing-knife, the other with a crown. It was found at 
Corbridge, in Northumberland, and was presented by His Grace the 
Duke of Northumberland, 1774. 
A bas-relief, representing a Roman standard of the second legion, 
between a Pegasus and Capricorn ; underneath is leg. ii. avg. 
A colossal head, marble. 
A small Roman altar, with a bas-relief in front, of Mars, as a Ro¬ 
man general, holding a spear and shield. 
A small Roman altar, simila" to the preceding. 
A pig of lead. 
EIGHTH ROOM. 
At present unoccupied. 
NINTH or ANTE-ROOM, (up stairs.) 
To the left, at the foot of the stairs leading to this Room, a circular 
vase, or capital of a sepulchral cippus, decorated with foliage and the 
symbolical serpent. 
No. 1. In the centre of the Room is placed the celebrated Barbe- 
rini Vase, which was for more than two centuries the principal orna¬ 
ment of the Barberini Palace. This Vase was purchased of Sir Wil¬ 
liam Hamilton considerably more than thirty years ago, by the Duchess 
of Portland, since which period it has been generally known by the 
name of the Portland Vase. It was found about the middle of the six- 
