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BRITISH COLLECTION. 
Greek and Roman divinities and other personages, classified according 
to the subjects they represent. 
Cases 1—11. The twelve Olympian Gods. T2—19. The minor 
Gods. 20—22. Early Italian and Foreign Divinities. 23—26. Heroes. 
27—30. Miscellaneous personages. 
On the upper and lower shelves are placed vases and furniture of 
various kinds. 
BRITISH AND MEDLEVAL ROOM. 
This Room contains the Antiquities found in Great Britain and 
Ireland, and extending from the earliest period to the Norman 
Conquest, and Mediaeval objects, both English and Foreign. 
BRITISH COLLECTION. 
The British Antiquities are arranged according to their Periods, 
under which they are grouped in the order of the materials of which 
they are composed. 
In Cases 1—33 are arranged the various remains belonging to the 
ages previous to the Roman Invasion, embracing the Stone and the 
Bronze Periods of the Northern Antiquaries.* These periods are con¬ 
sidered to be characterized by the material of which implements and 
weapons were formed during their continuance : as, however, stone 
weapons do not appear to have been discontinued entirely on the in¬ 
troduction of metal, it has been thought best to place together all 
objects of the same material, without regard to which of these two 
periods they belong. 
Cases 1—4. Stone implements, known as “celts;” found in 
England, Ireland, and the Hebrides. 
Cases 5 —12. Various stone weapons and implements, consisting of 
knives, arrow-heads, hammers, &c. ; among these may be noticed a 
stone hammer, found at Stan wick, and presented by the Duke of 
Northumberland. 
On the lower shelf are models of the stone cromlechs or sepulchres 
of the ancient Celtic tribes, viz., the Chun Quoit, Cornwall; the Tre- 
vethy Stone, near St. Cleer; the Lanyan Quoit, near Penzance; one 
at Duffrin, S. Wales; the Double Cromlech, at Plas Newvdd, Angle- 
sea ; and the Cromlech at Mofra. All made and presented by JR 0 
Tongue . Esq. 
Over the Cases in this part of the Room may be seen two pictures 
by Mr. Tongue, viz., the Cromlech, at Plas Newvdd, Anglesea; 
and Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain. 
Cases 17-—20. Bronze implements, known as celts or palstaves; 
among these may be noticed three bronze moulds for casting them; 
one of them found on the Quantock Hills, Somersetshire. 
Cases 21, 22. Bronze swords and daggers. 
Cases 23, 24. Bronze spear-heads. 
Case 26 A bronze buckler and dagger-sheath ; found in the river 
Isis, near Dorchester, Oxfordshire. 
Case 27. A collection of bronze subjects, consisting of a sw 7 ord- 
blade, spear-head, celt, and pin, found in the river Wandle, Surrey. 
Presented by JR. Mylne, Esq. 
