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 :ns PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF Tlio tiUste ill dc&ijj^ii exhibited vn it has only to lie seen to be appre- ciated. In vi>l. vi. )). .*)0 of the Archieulogical Journal, Mr. Albert Way rtgures sevend specimens of ring money, and at p. .";7 gives Colonel Vallineey's conjecture ' that these penamudar urnaments might have served as nose-rings, the ojiening serving to clip the scjitidii of the nose.' At p. 00 he gives representations of two excellent examples with dilated extremities; and at tiie January meeting, 1JS40, p. 70, a silver fibula found in ^Vestmoreland, and another found in co. Antrim, Ireland, were exhiljitcd, which will well illiistiato the type of brooch with ball-like ends, arbutus-berry pattern. In vol. vii. )). 7S, Feb. 1, 18.jO, an example is given of a very large brooch, tliameter of the ring 4i in., length of the acus 7i, but witliout ornamentation. At vol. xviii. p. IG.j, under the date March 1, ISGI, Mr. i{. If. liiackstoiie is rojiorted as exhibiting a ring-bioooh, a specimen found in the co. Westmeath, and a peuanuular brooch with cavitit's for enamel, found in a barrow at Skryne, near Tara, co. Meuth. The armlets and anklets worn by people in Eastern countries, with the addition of a pin, may be easily adapted to servo the jiurpose of a brooch. A ring flattened and ornamented, the pin attached to the back, is not an uncommon form of brooch. Visitors to the diiVerent museums will recollect many examples. If this flatten- ing was developed, we should get the round disk-like form of which, orna- mented, we have a good example of in the J.,orn brooch jireserved in the liritish Museum ; but the finest examples that we have are of the same pen;umular end shape as the brooch now under consideration. This form oilers great facility for tirnamentation. The most notable brooch is that knuwn by the n:ime of " Koyal Tara,"' now in the museum of the Koyal Irifth Academy, iJubliu. The ' llunterston' brooch is also veiy remark- able ; and it will be in the recollection of the meml)ers that ou the occasion of the late Lord Dunraven's exhibiting hero the very beautiful chalice, found at Ardagh, he had also four very line specimens of brooches, which were found at the same time and jilacc with the chalice." (Arch. Journ., vol. xxvi. ]». 21)3.) In the absenccof the writei", the llou. Skcuktakv read some remaiks"On an uni(iue implement of Hint, found in the Isle of Wiglit," by Mr. Albert Way. This memoir will be given in a subseipient portion of the Journal. Mr. Hewitt observed that there could be little rea.son to cnnsider this curious object to l»e a warlike weapon. He thought probably its very Hingular form was jiartly na'iual and paidy ai(irui;d. "^lUiquiliC!* aiiO i*Lluilisi id Clil CvljibilrO. I'v Mr. .1. lli:.i)i;i{so..- -Three Itussiaii enamelled l)owls <»f the seven- teenth century. One is of silver gilt y in. in diameter, decnrated with llowers inside the bowl, and witii a swan on the botbim medallion. On the outside arc portraits on raised or njioniisa medallions, and with two seated figures at the ba.se of the bowl. The ground of the outside is engraved with scroll-work, the work of Solwitchegodsk, ami known ns the enamel of Onstissol. These bowls were used by princes and digni- taries of the church ft>r washing the hands. — A smaller bowl of silver gill, T).', in. in diameter, decorated with llowers and birds, and with engraved coats of arms relating to some of the llussian jirovinces between the outside circles uf UmimI oiiiaiiicnlalinn : - I . I>iiiibli-Ii('ailed eagle