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250 to 259. Rings of various periods. 
260. Silver ring set with a carbuncle, found at Old Sarum. Pre¬ 
sented by Mr. C. Wyndham. 
261 to 264, Rings bearing merchants’ marks. No. 262 presented 
by Mr. Hicks. 
Other rings with merchants’ marks are in Mr. E. T. Stevens’ 
case L L; see also No. 45, a brass ring, with the letters L. V. 
in niello; and No. 47, a curious ring with projecting collets. 
265 and 266. Embossed metal buttons. 
267 to 304. Buckles of various forms. 
305 to 311. Buckles of a later period. 
312 to 317. Small buckles. 
318 to 325. Long pins and bodkins. 
326 to 341. Pins with knobs for personal use. 
342. Terminal figure of handle. 
343. A bobbin for making cushion lace; it is marked M.B., 1693, 
and is delicately ornamented with black and white crosses on 
a red ground. Found on the site of the Market-house, at 
Salisbury. Presented by Lieut. E. M. Fisher. 
344 and 345. Two small globular bells. 
346. Embossed flat cup in silver, about 1700. 
347. Scutcheon of a lock bearing the royal arms. 
348. Part of a lock. 
349 to 367. A series of padlocks. 
368. Ornamental lock and plate. 
369. Fetter lock of late date. 
370. A curious nest of keys, presented by Mr. Wyndham Pain. 
371 to 385. Various keys. 
388. Leaden plate, bearing a rude figure and inscription. This is 
apparently a modern forgery. Presented by Mr. Clench. 
389 and 390. Persian locks, presented by Mr. J. C. Whereat. 
391 to 395. Ordinary keys. 
Other objects in Mr. E T. Stevens’s Case L L— 
1. An iron shoe of unknown date, found at Old Sarum. 
A story is told of Empedocles, a philosopher of Agrigentum, 
who* sought glory in a voluntary death by throwing himself into 
the crater of Mount iEtna, in the vain hope that his mysterious 
disappearance from this nether world would persuade mankind to 
believe that he had been taken up by the immortal gods to the 
realms above. His body was destroyed indeed, but the mountain, 
in its throes, disgorged the iron shoes , and so the fraud of the 
philosopher was discovered. 
3. Fetterlock, found at Clarendon. 
4, Another from the bed of the river Avon, Salisbury. An early 
notice of a fetter fastened witli a lock occurs in the life of 
