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Kris with ornate damascened wavy blade bearing figure of rampant lion. Carved wooden handle and scabbard. Thomson's Catalogue, p96: 'Madurese kris. Mr Arthur Fraser.' Arthur Fraser was Thomson's brother-in-law, a 'merchant in Java'.

Kris with ornate, double-edged, wavy, damascened blade bearing figure of head of lion or dragon. Carved ivory handle and red painted wooden scabbard.

After this come a number of small Vases, plain black, sometimes also with slight ornamentation in raised white or in lines incised down to the ground colour of clay: in one case, both styles are used together. Such ware is late; and is found in…

Wide shallow cup, red-figured in black glazed red clay. Shows Theseus about to slay Phaea the wild sow of Krommyon on inside, outside is plain black. Type B cup (continuous curve)

Kylix (wide shallow cup) with open handles, red figured in glazed red clay. Shows on inside youth with head bound with long fillet running. Shows on outside, (1) symposium - three bearded men reclining on cushions, one holding phiale, one kylix, and…

Tear bottle (lachrymatory) in glass, mounted on card label: 'Glass Lachrymatory Columbarium. Rome 1863'. Inscription: Glass Lachrymatory Columbarium. Rome 1863

Hand lantern, made of perforated tin, cylindrical in shape with handle at the top for carrying. Tray and candle within, door/window in glass.

Lekythos, red-figure in glazed red clay. Shows female figure holding a perfume bottle (alabastron) in one hand and dish? in other. Original caption in Reid's 1912 catalogue describes this as 'holding a distaff and glass'.

Narrow necked jug in black-figure glazed red clay. Shows altar flanked by two male figures one presenting offering, other playing double flute.