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194 one side is seen a dolphin crowned, with the inscription INCOLUMITAS A DELPHINO, allusive, prohably, to the birth of the Dauphin, in 1601. On the other side is a figure of Peace, holding a cornucopia, and burning implements of war, EX PACE LIBERT AS; in the exergue the maker's name, WOLF ⋅ LAVF ⋅

Dr. Bromet exhibited drawings of the distemper painting lately dis- covered in Croydon church, Surrey. It represents St. Christopher, and is painted on the south wall, opposite to the north door. On the left of the saint are seen figures of a king and queen, intended, as Mr. Lindsay, the vicar of Croydon, suggested, to represent Edward III. and Philippa. The drawings exhibited were made by Mr. G. Noble and Dr. Bromet.

Mr. Thomas Charles, of Maidstone, exhibited, by Dr. Bromet, a fragment of an embossed tile found at Boxley abbey, Kent.

The Rev. W. Grey, of Allington, Wiltshire, communicated a representation of two memorial escutcheons, which are to be seen at Amesbury church, accompanied by some conjectures in regard to their import. The east end of the chancel was rebuilt about the time of King Henry VII., and the east window has a label-moulding supported on either side by corbels, in the form of angels bearing escutcheons. The angel which is seen on the northern side is shewn in the woodcut. Both escutcheons are charged with a monogram, which is formed of red and black tile inlaid in the stone. This monogram appears to be composed of the initials I. D. and K. D. On the shield, placed on the north side, the letters are formed of red tile, and the I. D. is tied to the K. D. by a black band, as if to imply that the nearest of earthly ties are but mortal. On the other shield the initials are black, as if to shew the death of the parties, the band being loosed ; but it is represented as red, to intimate that their love had not been entirely quenched by the hand of death. These escutcheons measure 10 in. by 6, and present a singular example of the use of baked clay in external decorations. The form of the escutcheons and of the letters correspond with the period of the erection of (he building. There can be little doubt that these