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BRITISH COLLECTION* 
Cases *28—33. The rude half-baked pottery which is found in the 
barrows of the early Britons; among these are two urns found at Porth 
Dafarch, Anglesea. Presented by the Hon. W. Owen Stanley, 1851. 
And an urn found on the banks of the Alaw, Anglesea, supposed to 
have contained the bones of Bronw^en, the aunt of Caractacus, who 
died about a.d. 50. Presented by Rich. Llwyd, Esq., 1834. 
The following Cases, 38—75, contain antiquities belonging to the 
period of the Roman occupation of Britain. 
Cases 39—42. In the middle shelf various collections of fragments 
found in Roman stations, &c., among them a collection of fragments 
from a villa at Wakefield Forest, presented by the Duchess of 
Grafton, 1851. Another collection, found in caves at Settle, in 
Yorkshire, and some fragments, found in the camp at Catterick, 
Yorkshire, presented by the Earl of Tyrconnel. On the lower 
shelf are various specimens of flue-tiles, bricks, drain-tiles, &c., from 
Roman buildings. 
Cases 47—50. Coarse ware, consisting of amphorae, mortaria, 
&c., the latter have the names of the makers stamped on the rims. 
Case 51. Light red ware, coated with white. 
Cases 52, 53. Light red ware, of a finer description, coated with red. 
Cases 54, 55. Grey ware. 
Cases 56, 57. Black ware. 
Case 58. Fine red w r are, with embossed ornaments, made at 
Arezzo, in Italy. Several of the fragments have been found in 
London. 
Cases 59—63. Red glazed ware, made in Gaul and Germany, 
and imported into England. A collection of potters’ marks on this 
ware, chiefly from London. In Case 63 is part of a mould for 
making the w r ares with raised figures, found at Rheinzabern ; as well 
as a typus for impressing the mould, from Mayence. Both presented 
by B. Hertz, Esq., 1851. 
Case 64. Circular pieces of Kimmeridge coal, commonly called 
46 Kimmeridge Coal Money,” they appear to be chucks from a turning 
lathe. Three stamps of greenish stone, with which oculists stamped 
their drugs. A bronze helmet, found at Tring, Herts. Presented by 
Rich. Clutterbuck, Esq., 1813. The umbo of a shield; found at 
Garstang, Lancashire, from the Towneley Collection. A figure of 
Osiris Pethempamentes, found in a Roman Camp, Swanscombe, 
Kent. Presented by C. Carlin, Esq., 1841. 
Case 65. In middle shelf, seven bronze figures, found at Devizes. 
Presented by Taylor Combe, Esq., 1811. Underneath is a stake, 
found at Coway Stakes, in the Thames, where Caesar is supposed ta 
have crossed the river. 
Cases 66, 67. Bronzes; found at Ribchester, Lancashire. From 
the Towneley collection. 
Case 68. “ Tabulae honestae missionis ; ” found at Malpas, Che¬ 
shire. Presented by Lord Kenyon, 1813. Portions of similar bronze 
tables, found at Sydenham, Kent. Presented by Mr. Kerval, 1813. 
Mirror, found in Deveril Street. Presented by Mr. Martin. Another, 
found at Coddenham, Suffolk. Presentedby Sir W. Middleton, Bart. 
Case 69. Bronze imperial figure ; found near Barking Hall, Suf¬ 
folk. Presented by the Earl of Ashburnham. Mars, found at Bark- 
