MEDIEVAL COLLECTION. 
265 
Presented by the Earl of Ashburnham. Mars, found at Barkway, 
Herts. Bequeathed by Lord Selscy. Silver figure of Harpocrates. 
Presented by Messrs. Rundell and Bridge. “ Tabulae honesfae mis- 
sionis; ” found at. Malpas, Cheshire. 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. 
Presented by Sir W. Middleton , Bart. Part of a Roman service of 
plate ; found on the estate of Sir John Swinburne, Bart., in Northum¬ 
berland. Knight Collection. A dish found at Mileham, in Norfolk ; 
and various personal ornaments, such as armlets, brooches, &e. 
Cases 76—87. Saxon Antiquities. They are shortly to be re¬ 
arranged. 
MEDIEVAL COLLECTION. 
This Collection is arranged partly with reference to the material of 
which the objects are formed, partly to the purpose for which they 
w*ere intended. A large portion of the Collection is about to be re¬ 
arranged in consequence of the extensive additions that have been 
made to it. 
Cases 88—115 contain specimens of Ecclesiastical and Do¬ 
mestic Metal-work, wall-paintings, carvings in various materials, 
personal ornaments, vessels of various kinds, armour, and other ob¬ 
jects, which will be more fully described when they have been more 
carefully classified and arranged. 
Cases 116—121. English Pottery. On the upper shelves are 
placed green and bronze-glazed vessels of coarse manufacture, and of 
various dates, from the 13th to the 16th centuries. 
Middle Shelf. Ornamental earthenware and porcelain. Among 
them may be noticed a four-handled tig , or drinking-cup, dated 
1663; two porcelain vases made at Chelsea by Mr. Spremont in 
1762; a bowl made and painted at Bow, in 1760, by Thomas Craft; 
being the only specimen which can w ith certainty be referred to that 
manufactory; an account of it is written on the cover of the box in 
which it was enclosed, written by Thomas Craft himself. A copy of 
the Portland Vase made by Wedgwood. Several Wedgwood me¬ 
dallions, presented by Joseph Mayer , Esq. Three specimens of 
English delft; one of them bearing the arms of London, and the date 
1659. 
On Lower Shelf A series of ornamental paving and w ? all tiles. 
Some of them have patterns in relief, others impressed, and a third 
variety has patterns formed by running white clay into the cavities. 
They vary in date, from the 13th to the 16th century, and are prin¬ 
cipally from the following places : — Castle Acre, Norfolk ; Chertsey 
Abbey, Surrey ; Jervaulx Abbey, Yorkshire; Lewes Priorv, Sussex; 
Harpesden Church, Oxfordshire; Great Malvern ; and Thornbury 
Castle. 
Cases 122—125. Venetian and German Glass. The former 
was made at Murano, one of the islands on which Venice is built, 
during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. The manufacturers had 
very considerable privileges, but were forbidden, on pain of death, 
