Walters, Henry Beauchamp: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (London, 1899)

SEAL-BOXES.

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2216. STUD, with ring at one end ; inlaid with a diamond of white and black on blue ground.
Diarn. f in. Purchased at Rome, 1857.

2217. STUD, inlaid with a cross on orange ground, surrounded by a ring of blue and white.
Diam. J in. Castellani, 1872. Enamel much worn.

2218. STUD, inlaid with patterns of orange and light green. Diam. f in. Froin Mayence.
Roach-Smith Coll., 1856. Enamel much worn.

2219. PENDANT in the shape of a crescent, inlaid with red, white, and blue enamel, rnuch
worn. Length if in. Fronr Rome. Presentea by A. W. Franks, Esq., C.B., 1891.

2220. PENDANT in the shape of a crescent, inlaid with panels of green and orange. Length
if- in. Much worn.

2221. PENDANT, crescent-shaped, with a white heart inlaid on a blue ground, and scroll-
patterns in bronze ; in the middle is a projecting piece with cusps. Ht. if in. Purchased at
Rome, 1857.

2222. STUD (?) ; probablypart of a brooch. Hasbeen inlaid with enamel in concentric rings,
only the outer one (of dark red) preserved ; in the rniddle is a hole. Dianr. if in. Fronr
Ronre. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., C.B., 1891.

2223. BUCKLE, of horse-shoe shape, with cross-bar working on a swivel and tongue perforated
with three holes at the broad end ; the curved part ends in two dolphins’ heads turned back ;
on it are snakes or tendrils in low relief on either side of a child’s head to the front. Ht. 2 in.
Length 2 in.

2224. BUCKLE. Shape as the last, but the cross-bar and tongue are lost. Tlre curvcd part
ends in two rams’ heads bent back, and on it are two small knobs and incised markings.
Ht. 2j in. Length 2| in.

II. SEAL-BOXES (2225-2242).

2225. SEAL-BOX (?) tf oval shape, with three holes in the bottom ; 011 the lid is a relief of
Aphrodit^ (?) to r., wearing a girdle ; she holds a helrnet in r. hand, and in 1. a spear from which
hangs a shield by a strap (?). Length 1 in. Towneley Coll. On these objects, see Friederichs,
Kleinere Kunst und Industrie, p. 137 ; and Numismatic Chronide, xvii. (1897), p. 294..

2226. SEAL-BOX, circular. Diam. f in. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., C.B., 1890.

2227. SEAL-BOX. circular ; on the top a frog in relief. Diam. -J in. Presented by A. W.
Franks, Esq., C.B., 1890.

2228. SEAL-BOX, square, with oval lid, on which is a head of Domitia in relief to I., with
long hair tied behind, possibly a cast from an ancient gem. Length \ in. Frorn Rome.
Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., C.B., 1891. The box is much broken and corroded.

2229. LID OF SEAL-BOX, oval, with relief of head of Vespasian to L, wearingpaludamentum
and cuirass. Length J- in. Towneley Coll.

2230. LID OF SEAL-BOX, oval, with relief of head of Athene to r., wearing helmet. Diam.
-J in. Purchased at Rome, 1857.

2231. LID OF SEAL-BOX, oval, with relief of head of Hermes to r., with caduceus ; he wears
a winged pctasos (?). Diam. 1 in. Towneley Coll.

2232. LID OF SEAL-BOX(?). Pear-shaped ; inlaid with a heart-shaped pattern in dark red.
Length if in. From Rome. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., C.B., 1891. Rather worn.

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