noticed, viz., those found at Hemel Hempstead,[1] Long Melford in Suffolk,[2] Harpenden in Hertfordshire,[3] and Southfleet in Kent.[4] The sarcophagi in which the two latter were found are also in the Museum. Among the gold ornaments are to be observed the curious collection found near the Roman wall,[5] and which formerly belonged to Mr. Brummell, as well as a fine armilla found at Wendover, in Buckinghamshire, presented by R. C. Fox, Esq.[6]
The Museum is not rich in Saxon antiquities. It possesses, however, two interesting collections which though not apparently the work of the Saxon invaders, still must be referred to the same period, viz.: the remains found at Polden Hill in Somersetshire,[7] and those from Stanwick, Yorkshire, presented by the Duke of Northumberland.[8] They consist chiefly of ornaments for men and horses. To the same period seem to belong the massive armillæ found at Drummond Castle, Perthshire, presented to the collection by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby.[9] Of Saxon relics, properly so called, the Hexham bucket,[10] Ethelwolf's ring, and the ornament found at Bacton in Norfolk[11] and presented by Miss Gurney, are the most important.
The mediæval objects which belong to this country have not been separated from those of foreign origin, nor till the latter become more numerous does there seem any necessity to do so. In the middle ages art was far more universal than at an earlier period, and the constant intercourse between various countries diminished to a certain extent any wide differences in workmanship. Among the objects found in England I must mention the chessmen found in the Isle of Lewis,[12] the two state swords of the Earldom of Chester, and some paintings from St. Stephen's Chapel, Westminster. There are likewise several ornamented paving tiles, including some very curious ones from Castle Acre. The English Porcelain manufactures have likewise their representatives. Two large vases made by Mr. Spremont at Chelsea, in 1762, were presented in the following year, and must have been nearly the last productions of that manufactory. There is
- ↑ Archæologia, xxvii., p. 434.
- ↑ Archæologia, xxiii., p. 394.
- ↑ Archæologia, xxiv., p. 349.
- ↑ Archæologia, xxv., p. 10.
- ↑ Arch. Jour., vol. viii., p. 35.
- ↑ Arch. Jour., vol. viii., p. 48.
- ↑ Archæologia, xiv., p. 90.
- ↑ Trans. of Arch. Inst. at York, p. 36.
- ↑ Archæologia, xxviii., p. 435.
- ↑ Archæologia, xxv., p. 279.
- ↑ Trans. of Norwich Society, vol. i.
- ↑ Archæologia, xxiv., p. 203.
