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•29i PKOCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OP THE INSTITUTE. little object, ami may bo late Itomaii (?) ;— Two I'yxcs t.f luotal. diameter iibout 2'; and l*i inches; one of tliem haa been silvered; it has had a fi-jiirc (our Lord?) athxcd on the surficc, loth century; the other, of (^■- ^^ rouiiiio cLaulTcrottc.'. yellow metal, has a figure of the Saviour seated on the rainbow, liis feet on an orb or mound, late IGth century ; — A singular box of gilt metal, measuring about 3 in. long, 2|- in. diameter ; on the cover, which is hinged on. is engraved a flower of feeble design, and within the cover is affixed a singular little receptacle that closed with a sliding plate ; the general form of this strange article may l)e described as in some degree like the flower of a thistle (?) ; the intention is miknown ; there is no feature of any sacred kind upon it ; — A pretty silver box, diameter 'Jl in.; around tiic edge is the Mieauder or CJreek fret, well executed ; on the cover is a medalliMU in bas-relief, the subject being llebekah at the well; this is protected by a disc of hi>rii ; i'Tench w<>ik, 1 (Jth century and (piito rococo.