GRJECO-ROMAN BASEMENT ROOM. 
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On the fourth bracket: Small eagle, with wings displayed. 
Between these: Bas-relief of a cow suckling her calf, and drinking 
out of a round vessel. Pt. 2. PI. xvi. 
Between the two middle windows: Eagle, small-life-size, with wings 
closed. From Borne. Pt. 10. PI. lviii. fig. 2. 
Swan, in red marble, small-life-size. Found near the Villa Pin- 
ciana, at Borne. Pt. 10. PL lviii. fig. 1. 
Between these: Bas-relief of a cow standing beneath a tree; on 
the ground an axe. Presented by S. Chambers Hall, Bsq., 1855. 
VI. Human Feet. 
Between the second and third windows : Colossal left foot, with re¬ 
mains of a sandal, probably a votive offering to Jupiter Serapis, or 
Fortuna Redux. 
Smaller foot, with a sandal, and a serpent twined round the ancle; 
apparently an offering to iEsculapius in gratitude for a cure. Brought 
from Borne by the Duke of St. Albans. Pt. 10. PI. XL. fig. 5. 
Similar foot. Acquired with the preceding. Pt. 10. PI. XL. fig. 6. 
Between the middle windows: Colossal right foot; supposed to be 
a fragment of a statue of Apollo. Presented by Sir William Hamil¬ 
ton , in 1784. 
VI L Trapezophora, or supports for tripodial and other tables 
(here all inserted in modern pedestals). 
Between the middle windows: Trapezophoron, formed of a lion’s 
head and leg, of which the low’er part is restored; the junction of the 
tw r o members is covered with foliage. Pt. 1. PL in. 
Upper part of a trapezophoron, considerably restored; a lion’s head, 
surmounted by goat’s horns, and encircled by large leaves. Found in 
Hadrian's Villa, near Tivoli , 1769. Pt. 1. PL xiii. 
Against the opposite pier: Trapezophoron, formed of a panther’s 
head and leg, covered at the junction by foliage, and supporting a truss 
similarly decorated. Pt. 3. PL hi. 
Porphyry trapezophoron, consisting of the head and leg of a pan¬ 
ther; the eyes and teeth, originally of some other material, have 
perished. Found in the Forum , under the Palatine Hill, at Borne, 
1772. Pt. 3. PL viii. 
Betiveen these: 
VIII. A semicircular sun-dial, the base of wdiich is ornamented 
with lions’ heads and feet,united similarly to those of the trapezophora; 
the lion w 7 as an emblem of the Sun. Purchased in 1821. 
IX. Domestic Fountains. 
In the fourth recess: Fountain in the form of a shaft, decorated 
with foliage, in three divisions, each springing from a kind of calyx 
with broad petals; the lowest division is encircled with olive branches, 
the next with ivy, and the highest with small unknown leaves ; round 
the second is entwined a serpent, in whose mouth is the remnant of a 
leaden pipe, from which the water issued. Found, in 1776, near the 
road from Tivoli to Prceneste. Pt. 1. PL x. 
In the third window : Small fountain, consisting of a square basin 
with an octagonal elevation in the centre, each face of which is deco¬ 
rated, in relief, with shells and heads of animals. Presented by Charles 
Towneley, Esq. ( the founder of this collection), in 1786. 
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