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 108 PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF this description appear to have been portions of a necklace, such as that found by Mr. Bateman, in Galley Lowe, Derbyshire.^ Mr. Farrkh exhibited an unrivalled assemblage of specimens of Mediaeval stoneware [Gres-ccrames, Brongniart) recently acquired from the Huyvetter Collection, at Ghent. They comprised fine examples both of the light brown and blue glaze, and deserved especial notice, not only on account of their dimensions and rich ornament, but as supplying some marks of fabri- cation. On one of these, a stately ewer, occur the arms of England, — " Wapen von Engelant. A° 77," — and the potter's initials, B.M., which are repeated in another part, with figures symbolising the sciences and the cardinal virtues, &c. The following inscription supplies the name of the artificer, and shows that the manufacture was established at Leyden : — " Wan Got wil so ist meiu zill. Mester Baldem Mennicken potenbecker wonede zo den Rorren in Leiden gedolt." The form of this fine vase, which measures 16^ inches in height, is very similar to that from the Rt'voil Collection, given by Brongniart (Traite des Arts Ceram., pi. 39, fig. 6), on which likewise the arms of England occur, with other atchieve- ments, and the mark B.N. 1577.^ On another (height 19^ in,), are seven demi-figures holding escutcheons, and representing the Emperor, the Pals- grave of the Rhine, Dukes of Saxony and Brandenburgh, the sees of Treves, Cologne, and Mayence. Dated 1602 or 1605. Another ewer bears the atchievement of the Duchy of Burgundy, surrounded by the order of the Fleece, the initials I. P., and subjects of Old Testament history, — GESXEiDEX Axxo 1584. EXCEL KRAN. Another is inscribed, — IAN BALDEMS, 1596 ; and on a can with three handles, possibly a standard measure, is a small escutcheon of white metal, inserted in the clay when soft, and bearing the impress of three saltires. Mr. Farrer produced also a remarkable charger (diam. 17^^ in.) of enamelled white paste, with a pale metallic-lustre glaze. In the centre is an escutcheon, bearing a lion saliaut, turned towards the sinister side, and over it the letters — bo. On the reverse of the dish, a large eagle displayed. This rare kind oi faience has been attributed to the Moorish manufactures of Spain, for which Talavera in Castillo, and Valentia, were specially noted. The letter-mark may denote Burgos. The specimen exhibited is of the fifteenth century. Mr. Farrer exhibited a beautiful silver-gilt reliquary, of fifteenth century work, and a brass case in form of a book, and intended probably for the preservation of some choice volume of Horee, or other service-book. It is .of interest, not only as a singular kind of forel, but as being covered with engraved ornament, precisely in the style of Flemish Sepulchral Brasses ; and it was doubtless produced by the burin of an engraver of latten for those memorials. On one side are the arms of the empire, under an arched crown ; the supporters are two crowned lions. Above is inscribed " Karolus I'perat'; " the device of Charles V, the columns with the motto " plus oultre" is below ; and near the clasp " Namur Laconte ; " possibly part of the titles of the lady, whose name and arms are displayed on the other side of the case, and to whom, probably, it belonged. The escutcheon is lozenge-shaped, charged with a fess impaling a saltire vairy : the supporters are two angels, and beneath is the name — Morbeq'. Around the margin, as ou sepulchral ^ Bateman's Vestiges of Antiquities of who does not appear to have known tlie Derbyshire, p. 37. name of Mennicken. See liis Notices of rccUv given as B. N. by M. Brongniai-t,
 * Tins potter's mark is probably incor- the Manufacture, Traite, tome ii., p. 223.