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TWELFTH ROOM. 
COLLECTION OF SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON 
mouxih ( Cases ly ^ 3> 4 .) Penates, or household 
Anti 2 cities# Gods, in bronze ; many of them are in fine 
preservation, and of good sculpture, and are 
valuable on many accounts, particularly for , the 
variety of attributes by which they are severally 
distinguished. In these cases are also contained 
some bronze vessels, remarkable for their size or 
elegance. 
(Case 5.) A raven, the size of life ; and five 
large candelabra of bronze. The raven was pre¬ 
sented, 1 777} by Lord Seqforth. It is of the 
finest workmanship, and has probably belonged 
to a statue of Apollo. 
(Case 6.) Specimens of ancient glass. The 
principal articles are four cinerary urns. One of 
them has the leaden covering, in which it was 
preserved; and another contains the burnt bones, 
and the asbestos cloth, which prevented the ashes 
of the body from mixing with those of the funeral 
pile. These articles are accompanied by a great 
number of lachrymatories, and various other 
vessels, and fragments of vessels, of different 
forms and colours ; the whole of which afford 
ample proofs of the ingenuity of the Ancients, 
and 
