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ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE. 255 of the Philosophical Society at York, and they have been considered by some persons to be as ancient as the Roman period. Specimens of medieval glazed ware are uncommon in England ; one of the most curious hitherto found, is the grotesque figure in the possession of Mr. William Figg, at Lewes'^ ; and Mr. Abram Kirkmann is possessed of a small glazed vessel, found in London, somewhat similar in form to those here repre- sented, which is interesting, on account of the crowned head with which it is ornamented, probably intended as a portraiture of Edward II. A representation of this singular vessel has been given in the Journal of the British Archaeological Association. During the repairs of the Temple church, in 1841-43, a little vessel was found, of light yellow colour, partially glazed, and very similar in form and dimensions to the smaller specimen exhibited by Mr. Powell. It lay with two other fictile vessels, near the leaden coffins which were found in the north aisle. Representations of them have been given by Mr. Edward Richardson, with his curious notices of the or- namented coflUns and objects found in the Temple church. Amongst the grotesques in- troduced in the Louterel Psal- ter, a MS. of the earlier part of the fourteenth century, and supposed to have been illumi- nated in England, vessels of red Avare are seen, somewhat simi- lar in form, used as weapons in a rustic game or combat**. The Hon. Richard Neville kindly sent, through Sir John Boileau, Bart., several ancient weapons for exhibition at the monthly meeting, on June 5, ult. Of one of these, a pole- axe of curious form, a repre- sentation has been given in a previous page ; the other arms were a two-handed sword, of EnjushBiii. the sixteenth centuiy, an Eng- A Ancieut £i:ilt>ard •= See p. 79 of this volume. See also the earthen vessels found <it Trinity col- lege, Oxford, described by the Rev. Dr. Ingram, Arch. Journ., vol. iii. ■' Vctusta Monunienta, vol. vi. plate 2t.