essential value. Amongst the casts of seals, likewise — although that subject of research had recently been almost exhausted by the successful labours of Mr. Laing — he had noticed several highly valuable examples.[1]
Antiquities and Works of Art Exhibited.
By the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. — Drawings representing two singular bronze relics, recently added to their Museum. One of these is a small cutting instrument, found at Wicken, Cambridgeshire, in the fen- land. It appears to bear some resemblance to the bronze falx, found in Ireland, of which a specimen has been represented in the Journal (vol. ii., p. 186) ; the sharp edge is in this instance on the outside curve oidy. The length of the blade, independently of the socket, is about 4 in.[2] This type does not appear to have been noticed, as found in England. The other object is a bronze head of a mace, strongly spiked, of the same class of remains as that found in Wiltshire (Archaeol. Journal, vol. vi., p. 411); but in this specimen the socket is of greater length, and the spikes arc pyra- midal, and more massive. Length, 2 in., diameter of spiked head 2¼ in.[3] The Cambridge Society had already acquired a curious dentated bronze ring, which may be compared with these mace-heads; it has been represented in the Journal{yo. vi., p. 181).
By Mr. Jabez Allies, F.S.A. — Some portions of Anglo-Roman tile, found with coins of Severus and Gallionus, and other remains, at Sidbury Place, near Worcester, in 1834, when a square chamber was brought to light, supposed to have been a hypocaust. Of the vestiges of Roman occupation at Worcester, Mr. Allies will give a detailed account in the forthcoming enlarged edition of his " Antiquities and Folk-lore of Worcestershire."[4] The fragments exhibited presented some unusual peculiarities of fabrication, some of these tiles having been deeply grooved, in a manner
- ↑ Mr. Laing has recently completed a very interesting "Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Scottish Seals," with numerous illustrations. A limited number are printed for sale, and copies of this beautiful volume may be obtained by application to the author, 25, Clyde Street, Edinburgh.
- ↑ Mr. O'Donovan speaks of the small bronze falx as of frequent occurrence in Ireland. He gives a figure of a double-edged example, length 6 in. — Dublin Penny Journal, vol. i. p. 108.
- ↑ See another bronze specimen, found in Ireland, Dublin Penny Journ.al, vol. ii. p. 20; and one found, at Rennes. Toulmouche, Histoire Arch{{subst:e'}}ologique de L'{{subst:e'}}poque Gallo-Romaine de Rennes. Pl. 3.
- ↑ Subscribers are requested to send their names to the author, .'51, Halliford Street, Islington, or Mr. Grainger, Worcester.
