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earldom of Chester made for King Edward V., when Prince of 
Wales. 
Cases 114, 115. Various pieces of armour, spurs, &c. 
Cases 117, 118. A cistern and two ewers of brass, inlaid with 
silver, of Mesopotamian workmanship. 
Cases 119—121. Enamels, made at Limoges, in France, from the 
12th to the 14th centuries. 
Cases 122, 123. Paintings, in enamel, of the later school of 
Limoges, during the 16th century. 
Cases 124, 125. Venetian glass. A flask of German ruby glass. 
Presented by Felix Slade , Esq. 
Cases 126, 127. Specimens of early pottery, with a green glaze. 
Various floor-tiles, from Castle Acre, Norfolk. Presented by Mr. 
Taylor. Others from Lewes Priory, Sussex. Some painted tiles from 
the Alhambra. Presented by the Hon. Mrs. Hamer. 
Cases 128—134. A collection of Italian earthenware dishes, 
mostly painted by Giorgio Andreoli, commonly called Maestro Giorgio, 
at Gubbio, from 1524 to 1531. 
Case 135. Dutch bricks, with ornaments in relief, date about 
1557. Two large jugs, probably made at Cologne; on one are the 
arms of Queen Elizabeth, and the date, 1594; the other is dated 1607. 
Case 136. A bowl of porcelain, made at Bow, near London, 
about 1760, by Thomas Craft. 
Cases 138, 139. Two vases of porcelain, made at Chelsea, under 
the direction of M. Spremont, in 1762. Two Wedgewood vases, one 
copied from the Portland Vase, and the other from one of the Etruscan 
Vases in the Museum. Presented by Josiah Wedgewood , Esq. 
ETHNOGRAPHICAL ROOM. 
In the centre of the Room are placed— 
Model of the Thugs, made by a native artist at Madras. Pre¬ 
sented by Mrs. E. W. Horne. 
A model of a movable temple, called in the Carnatic, Therup, or 
Rhudum. Presented by Charles Marsh , Esq., 1793. 
A Chinese bell, from a Buddhist temple near Ningpo. On the 
top is the Imperial dragon, the national emblem of China, crouching, 
and forming the handle. Beneath this is the orifice where the 
clapper has been placed. The upper part is decorated with figures 
of Buddh, cast in salient relief, and covered with an inscription, also 
in relief, separated by four broad bands, of large characters, being 
eight lines of poetry relative to the Buddhist religion, out of one of the 
religious books of this sect. The smaller inscriptions, in Chinese and a 
Sanscrit character, are entitled the Prayer of Fuh ( Buddh) ^ with a list of 
names of believing doctors and faithful ladies. The inscriptions at the 
lower part contain a similar list of names, and the names and titles of 
the makers, of the authorities of the Teen-pe-ling temple, and of 
the civil and military officers of the city of Ningpo under whom the 
bell was cast, in the 19th regnal year of Taou Kwang, the late 
emperor, the 36th cyclary year, on a morning of the eighth moon 
(a.d. 1839-40). Presented by HER MAJESTY , 1844. 
Model in cork, of the Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli. 
