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 THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. 2U7 also to the curious Memoir " On Horse-Shoes," b}' Mr. 11. Syer Cuming, in the Journal of the Archajological Association, vol. vi., p. 406. The horae-shoes found in an entrenched Matte in the Canton of Vaud, called the Colline des Sacrifices, closely resemble the specimen figured by Mr. Clark, both in their general form, the number of stamp-holes or countersinks, and the shape of the nails. These shdes have, however, no calkins, which occur in the example from Silbury. See representations of the relicjues found in Switzerland (Archa;ulogia, xxx.v., p. 398, pi. 18). By Mr. Westwood. — Casts from sculptures in ivory preserved in tlie Bodleian Library, Sir John Soane's Museum, aud in other collections in this country and on the continent. They are additions recently made by Mr. Westwood to the remarkable series of examples of this class of mediaival art moulded by G. Franchi, 15, Myddleton Street, Clerkenwell, under the direction of Mr. Nesbitt. By Mr. Edward Hoaue. — Representation of a very rude bronze crucifix figure, found at a considerable depth in digging a grave at Kilcrea Abbey, CO. Cork, in July, 1851, and now in Mr. lloare's collection. The figure had been attached by three nails, and the cross may have been of wood or some other perishable material, which had wholly disappeared. The Saviour is represented with flowing hair, the head leaning slightly towards the left side, the body emaciated, and a cloth tied around the loins. Date, XVth century. By Mr. Wat. — Representation of an enamelled cruet (phiala or amula), one of the pair of small vessels used to contain the wine and water intended for consecration at the altar. It was found in the county Down on a spot called " Church Walls," where ancient interments have been discovered, but no tradition of a church thei'e has been traced. The cruet is of chainpleve work, probably of Limoges : its height is 5i- inches, the handle, spout, and lid, which was attached by a hinge, are lost. The discovery of this example of the enamelled work of the Xllltli century was communicated by Mr. AIcAdam, of Belfast, by whom it has been published, with a lithographic representation, in the Ulster Journal of Archajology, No. 7. A cruet of similar work, dimensions, and date, is to be seen in the Cabinet of Anti- quities, at the Bibliotheque Imperiale at Paris : a representation, on a reduced scale, was given in this Journal in the Notice of the Art of Enamelling, by Mr. Way, vol. ii., p. 168. By the Kev. W. Staunton. — A singular object of Caen stone found at Kenilworth Castle, and now in the Museum of the Warwickshire Archaeo- logical Society. It resembles a diminutive font of the Norman period ; the bowl is surrounded by four grotesque faces, one of them being that of an owl, and supported on four little clustered columns. The height is only 8 inches, and the square plinth on which the circular base is placed measures 4j inches on each side. It has been supposed that this curious little relique may have served as a receptacle for holy water, for which how- ever the small size of the bowl seems scarcely suited : it may have been intended as a small lamp or cresset, and the cavity appears to show eti'ects of fire on its smface ; it is however probable that the stone is not of sufiiciently compact quality to hold oil or melted tallow for such a purpose. It may possibly be of as early a date as the foundation of the castle of Geoffry de Clinton, in the reign of Ilcin-y 1." It was acci- dentally brought to light during an Horticultural meeting within the area of the castle, in 1818.