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Carving in ivory, from Burma. Heavily carved with animal/mythical head at the top, birds and other animals, and some of the detail is filled with black to accentuate the outlines. Hollow at the base as if to fit over a staff. Inscription: in faded…

Carving of a bishop, seated, in sandstone. Crozier: continental type. Possibly part of a corbel table. There are, down the East coast, a number of figure carvings. The stone itself is from the band of Old Red Sandstone that stretches to Fermanagh.

Copper and fragment of charred wood from cash box, found when excavating house in Pompeii, Sept. 1828, mounted on card with hand-written label. Copper & wood of cash box from house excavated Sept 1828 Pompei

Specimen of charred wood, in a glass test-tube, cottonwool stopper, mounted on a card label: 'Fragment of charred wood, part of Cash Box of house excavated at Pompei 1828'. Inscription: Fragment of charred wood, part of Cash Box of house excavated at…

Oblong casket in glazed pottery, mosque-shaped, painted in various designs, with holes and bowl on top. Decoration:black drawing, coloured.

Circular box or casket, shallow, in silver gilt and brass, hinged lid with clasp, richly decorated with foliate designs, pink stone set in centre.

Figure of a cat, in bronze. The cat was sacred to Bast, goddess of Bubastis

Silver chain, with pendant, disc and movable sliding knobs ornamented with filigree work in silver gilt. Garnet in the centre of the disc. Probably used as an incense censer chain. Found in 1735 under floor of the library of Marischal College and…

Quill-worked chair seat, geometric pattern, triangles and central circle; multi-coloured.

Drinking cup with ribbed bowl and tall stem in black glazed red clay. bucchero