sides (see Woodcut). The socketed celt appears to have been formed, although rarely, with two lateral loops, as shown by the celt-moulds found in Anglesea,[1] and at Chidbury Hill, Wilts; we are not aware, however, that any actual specimen of such a celt has been described. The fine celt in Lord Talbot's possession is supposed to be unique.
By Mr. Rhode Hawkins.—Three bronze brooches, of late Roman workmanship, two of them ornamented with encrusted enamel, the third set with studs of bone or ivory; also the bronze pendant ornament of a girdle, inlaid with silver, bearing the following inscription in Greek characters,—ΚΥΡΙΕ ΒΟΗΘΟς Τω ΦΟΡΟνΝΤΙ. These objects had lately been brought from the continent.—Also, two Italian double matrices of brass, each uniting seal and counterseal or secretum; one at either end of the handle. The principal device on one seal is an eagle displayed, s' nicolai. pavli.; the other matrix bears three lions passant.—A brass medieval ring-brooch, inscribed,—:mou (a heart) aues.
By Mr. Franks.—Three Italian bronze matrices,—s. de. signori. de. sassoforte,—a gilt Seal, with the Resurrection as the device,—bvrgvm. te. pvlcrvm, defendat. sc'm. sepvlcrvm. And, s' pet. d'. po'te. cv'vo. clerici. capelle. d. p. p., the Surname probably taken from Ponte Corvo, a little town in the kingdom of Naples.
By Mr. J. Greville Chester.—A chess-piece, of unusual and early form, elaborately sculptured, supposed to be of the tooth of the walrus. It was dug up in a garden in Norfolk. Date, 12th century.
By Mr. Blaauw.—Three red and yellow tiles, found in 1851, in William Church, Essex, on removing a pew. They are a little more than 8 inches square; two of them heraldic, the third bearing a figure in civil costume, and all much worn. The arms on the heraldic tiles are alike, no doubt intended for those of Philip, Duke of Burgundy, who succeeded to the Duchy in 1419, or those of his son and successor, who died in 1477. They appear on the tiles as follows:—Quarterly, 1st per pale, Brabant and Old Burgundy without the bordure; 2nd and 3rd, Modern Burgundy without the bordure; 4th, per pale, Limbourg and Old Burgundy, as before; and over all on an inescutcheon, Flanders. Below is the Golden Fleece. The collar of the order wanting, but its component parts the briquet (or steel), the caillou (or flint), and the flames, are represented on each side. The caillou is pentagonal instead of the usual noduled form, resembling an elongated quatrefoil. These arms, as was often the case in tile heraldry, had in fact been reversed. The proper arrangement and blazon of them are as follows:—Quarterly 1st and 4th, Modern Burgundy, az. semy of fleurs de lis or within a bordure compony arg. and gu.; 2nd, per pale. Old Burgundy, bendy of 6 or and az. within a bordure gu., and Brabant, sa. a lion rampant or armed and langued gu.: 3rd, per pale. Old Burgundy as before, and Limbourg, arg. a lion rampant gu. with queue fourchy in saltire, crowned and armed or, and langued az.; over all on an inescutcheon, Flanders, or a lion rampant sa langued and armed gu. The bordures of Old and Modern Burgundy were perhaps omitted because not easily executed. These tiles may probably be referred to Sir John Montgomery, of Faulkbourne Hall, near Witham, who also had property in Witham. He died in 1448-9, having been in the service of the Regent Duke of Bedford, who
- ↑ Archaeol. Journal, vol. iii., p. 257. The Wiltshire specimen is represented in "The Barrow Diggers," pl. v., p. 78.
