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 TIIK AHCHAEOLOGICAL IN'STITUTi:. 1121 3. Iloriznntal dial, made by Nicholas Rupjciulus, a colcliratuil cloi-kmnkfr of Auffsburg, in XVI. cent. 4. An inclined horizontul and equinoctial dial, of the end of XVI. cent. 5. An inclined and pciuinoctia! dial of XVII. cent. 6. A nocturnal, or star-dial, and vertical sundial ; early XVII, cent. 7. An ivory viaforium, and general dial ; date !<»(»!). 8. Another, of smaller size. 9. A silver pocket sm-dial, made at I'aria at the close of XVII. cent. 10. An astronomical ring-dial, made early in XVIII. cent. By Miss Ff.uuiX(.;ton, of Worden, Cheshire. — A silver salt with a cover, a beautiful relic of former days, preserved in her familv. The ornaments are elegantly designed and executed in rcjioussc work ; and the cover is surmounted by a figure in armour, bearing an escutcheon, charged with these arms, — a chevron between three leopards' faces. Mr. Octavius Morgan observed, that this curious piece of ancient plate appears to be of the latter part of the sixteenth century ; in design and workman- ship it closely resembles the celebrated salt, preserved at Corpus C'hristi College, Cambridge, given by Archbishop Parker in 1570. The " upper part of the cover, in that instance, is formed so as to serve as a pixis pro pipere," as designated in an inscription upon the base. A representation of that fine piece of goUbmith's work is given amongst the " Specimens of College Plate," published by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1845. By John E. W. Rolls, Esq. — A service of silver plate, of very curious character and elaborate workmanship ; the designs being groups and garlands of flowers hammered up in high relief. This plate was taken by General Paroissien from the mint at Lima, on the occasion of the entry of General San Martin into that place. It had remained at the mint, as it was stated, for upwards of a century, liaving been deposited there at the expulsion of the Jesuits from Peru. It is supposed that these fine salvers, which exhibit a style of ornament rather of Spanish than South American character, had been manufactured by Indian artificers in the fifteenth century, under the direction of Europeans, possibly for use in the establish- ment of the Jesuits. Mr. Morgan called attention to the peculiar marks of manufacture upon this plate, one of them being a complicated monogram; another presents the letters — O.R.T., hitherto unexplained. Mr. Rolls exhibited also three fine enamelled plaques, specimens of the embedded, or champlcvj process of the work of Limoges. By Mr. W. J. Berxiiard Smith. — An iron dagger, mounted with a poniel of brass, and having traces of gold inlaid on the blade. It was found in dredging, in the bed of the Thames, near Kingston, with a human skull, in which, when discovered, the blade was transfixed. By ^Ir. Thomas Bird, of Upton-on-Severn. — Two specimens of glaz-cd white stone Avare, ornamented with foliage and flowers in deep blue and rich purple-browu colours. One of them is of Dutch fabrication, a large globular vessel, exhibiting busts in relief of a King and (»ueen, probably William III. and Queen Mary, with the date 1G9I, and the lion of the United Provinces. The other is a mug of later date, a standard measure, possibly of the time of George 1. Among the ornaments occur the initials G. R. crowned ; near the rim is incised the number 6.