A COMPLETE GUIDE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 I SMALL BRONZES AND GEMS 
 
 IN THE 
 
 NAPLES MUSEUM, 
 
 ACCORDING TO 
 
 THE NEW ARRANGEMENT. 
 
 REPRINTED FROM THE COMPLETE HANDBOOK. 
 
 THE ORIGINAL WORK BY 
 
 DOMENICO MONACO, 
 CURATOR OF THE MUSEUM; 
 
 ENGLISH EDITOR: 
 E. NEVILLE ROLFE, ESQ., B.A., 
 
 HEACHAM HALL, ENGLAND. 
 
 Author of "Pompeii Popular and Practical" and other works 
 SECOND EDITION. 
 
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A COMPLETE GUIDE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 SMALL BRONZES AND GEMS 
 
 IN THE 
 
 NAPLES MUSEUM, 
 
 ACCORDING TO 
 
 THE NEW ARRANGEMENT. 
 
 REPRINTED FROM THE COMPLETE HANDBOOK. 
 
 THE ORIGINAL WORK BY 
 
 DOMENICO MONACO, 
 
 CURATOR OF THE MUSEUM; 
 ENGLISH EDITOR : 
 
 E. NEVILLE ROLFE, ESQ., B.A., 
 
 HEACHAM HALL, ENGLAND. 
 
 Author of "Pompeii Popular and Practical" and other works. 
 SECOND EDITION. 
 
 THE GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIBRARY 
 
 Halsted VanderPoel Campanian Collection 
 
TIPOGRAFIA EDITRICE E. PIETROCOLA NAPOI.I 
 
SMALL BRONZES. 
 
 This collection of small bronzes numbering some thirteen 
 thousand specimens, nearly all found in Pompeii or Her- 
 culaneum, is the unique feature of the Naples Museum. 
 
 This department never fails to interest the passing visitor, 
 while it is a mine of wealth to the antiquary, as it contains 
 many perfect specimens of the every day articles of personal 
 use and ornament which eighteen centuries ago were con- 
 nected with the public and private life of the Roman citizens. 
 
 All these articles, from the elaborate Curule chair to the 
 most common kitchen utensil , are designed and executed 
 with an artistic grace which reaches the acme of perfection 
 and elegance. Their number alone is sufficient to stock 
 several museums, and such in the elegance of their form 
 and the perfection of their execution that they are no doubt 
 correctly attributed to Greek artistis, who alone would be 
 likely to carry their taste for ornament into such minute 
 details. 
 
 The difference between the work of these Pompeian artists 
 and that of the artificers of our utilitarian age is especially 
 noticeable in this rooms. Everything in a Roman house 
 displayed the master hand of the artist in an unaffected 
 but quite unmistakable manner; whereas our household 
 chattels, being made to a pattern and in vast numbers, 
 though they answer their purpose admirably, may justly 
 be treated as being the production of a mechanical age, 
 testifying rather to the skill of the artisan than to the taste 
 of the artist. 
 
 The painting on the walls are of no artistic merit. Is espe- 
 cially notewhorthy the Judgment of Salomon, and exploits 
 of the Farnese family. 
 
 " The asterisk (*) denotes the specimens illustrated in Si- 
 gnor Monaco's large work , and the dagger (f) other no- 
 teworthy objects. 
 
 1 
 
2 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 FIRST ROOM. 
 
 IN THE CENTRE, 
 
 *72983. (On an antique marble table). ECONOMIC KITCHENER 
 or BRAZIER , in the shape of a rectangular fortress, with 
 towers at the angles. The embers were laid in the centre, 
 ;md the fire was surrounded by a jacket of water contained 
 in the conduit beneath the battlements. The water could 
 be drawn off by a tap in one of the sides. Spits for 
 roasting were laid across the embrasures. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 72984. A rectangular brazier, with four castors. (P.) 
 
 72985. Bronze bench on five feet. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *730i8. CYLINDRICAL STOVE (calidarium) , of exquisite 
 beauty. It stands on three lions' feet and has four handles, 
 of which two are fastened to the sides by models of human 
 hands. On the upper part are two handles, each of them 
 formed by two spirited wrestlers. (1863, Pompeii) 
 
 THIS STOVE STANDS ON 
 
 73019. A round marble table which served as the base 
 of a fountain. The water flowed away through the lions' 
 masks on the edge. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 109831. Brazier with original ashes in it. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *72936. ( Upon a modern marble table ). ECONOMIC 
 KITCHENER, consisting of a covered cylindrical boiler, 
 communicating with a hollow semicircle, provided with a 
 tap. The fire within the semicircle heated the boiler, and 
 the three swans upon it are constructed to carry a saucepan. 
 (Stabiae.) 
 
 f72987. Bronze pedestal of a table formed of a rectan- 
 gular column, surmounted by a bearded head of Bacchus 
 bearing a cup. In front of the column a charming "Victory," 
 holding a martial trophy in her right hand, rests her feet 
 upon a globe. (Pompeii.) 
 
 73145. (On a column.) Splendid vase \vith four handles 
 wilh female busts and richly inlaid with silver. 
 . i 
 
SMALL BRONZES (FIRST ROOM). 3 
 
 HI 047. Folding table in bronze, with "semisanto" marble 
 top. The edge of this table is inlaid with silver. (Pompeii.} 
 *72988. BISELLIUM with ornamentation in copper. (P.) 
 72989. Brazier damascened in copper. (Pompeii.} 
 73020-1-2. THREE SAFES (arcae) all found empty. The 
 centre one, which is of iron, is the finest. Its observe is 
 adorned with bronze nails and two busts of Diana in relief; 
 between them, the head of a wild boar. Beneath, two busts 
 of genii of Bacchus, and the mask of a Bacchante. (P.) 
 
 IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE THREE SAFES STANDS, 
 
 *109983 and 111764. Two PULVINARIA, used by the 
 ancients for the Penates and the sacred vessels at the 
 Lectisternia, important festivals, when the gods were placed 
 at table as if they partook of the sacrifice. (Pompeii.} 
 
 f78673. Two-handled ewer of very remarkable construc- 
 tion, supported on three Sphinxes with lions' claws, and 
 intended for heating water. (Pompeii.} 
 
 THIS IWER STAND ON, 
 
 78613. A small round table. The three legs represent 
 greyhounds jumping up. (Pompeii.} 
 *72990. LAYER for lustral water. (Pompeii.} 
 
 72991. BRAZIER. The observe and reverse are adorned 
 with Genii, head of Medusa, and two lion's masks. (P.) 
 
 72992. BISELLIUM adorned with the heads of asses. (P.) 
 
 72993. Small tripod 1 1 lions' claws for sacrifices. (Here.) 
 
 72994. FOLDING TABLE. These legs have acanthus leaves 
 on the upper parts, from which young satyrs are ermer- 
 ging, each one holding a rabbit under his arm. (Pompeii.} 
 
 73115. (On a column). Ewer, the handle of which repre- 
 sents a winged figure standing on a Cupid who clasps a 
 swan. Very fine. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *72995. (Under glass, on a Pompeian mosaic table). SA- 
 CRIFICIAL TRIPOD , of exquisite execution adorned with 
 beautiful arabesques and bearded heads of Jupiter Ammon. 
 The legs are braced together by elegant sprays of lotus 
 
4 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 flowers. The basin is adorned with festoons and the skulls 
 of bulls. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 72997. Double iron ring used as stocks. Lock missing. (P.) 
 
 *72998. STOCKS found in the barracks at Pompeii. Four 
 skeletons were found in this terrible instrument , the sud- 
 denness of the calamity not permitting of their release. (P.) 
 
 f!09697. (On, a round marble table). BRONZE VASE, on a 
 quadrangular base. This vase is one of the finest in the 
 collection, and especially remarkable for its handles. (P.) 
 
 flllOBO. SMALL CHAIR WITH BACK; the only specimen 
 of its kind. The woodwork is modern. (1876, Pompeii.} 
 
 *73000. (Under glass, on a Pompeian mosaic table). CAN- 
 DELABRUM formed of a decorated Corinthian column. Four 
 branches issue from the top of the column, from which 
 double- wick lamps hang by four-stranded chains. Upon 
 the left angle of the base, which is inlaid in silver, we 
 observe a fine group of Acratus (a genius of Bacchus) 
 mounted on a panther, the rhyton in his hand, and opposite 
 to him a small altar, upon which burns the sacred fire. 
 (House of Diomede, Pompeii.) 
 
 73144. A very fine ewer found in a Greek tomb. (Locri.) 
 
 73003 and 73007. Tho baths , the only bronze ones yet 
 discovered. (Pompeii.) 
 
 f73005. GREAT BRAZIER found in the tepidarium of the 
 baths near the Temple of Fortune at Pompeii. 
 BEHIND THE BRAZIER, 
 
 73017. Four-legged bench from the public baths. (P.). 
 
 Six CANDELABRA, adapted to a single lamp. They are 
 telescopic, and constructed to take to pieces in a very in- 
 genious and simple manner. (Pompeii.) 
 
 Sundry circular braziers ornamented with reliefs. (Pom- 
 peii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 73146. (On a column). A very fine bronze vase, the 
 handles of which represent a combat of gladiators. (H.) 
 
 73016. IRON STOVE covered with lapilli. It has places for 
 two saucepans, and the bottom is of fire-brick. (Pompeii.) 
 
SMALL BRONZES (FIRST ROOM). 5 
 
 SURROUNDING THE ROOM, 
 A large number of candelabra, or lamp-stands. (P. and H.) 
 
 ON THE TOP OF THE WALL-CASES, 
 
 Sundry kettles and amphorae. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. I., (TO THE LEFT ON ENTERING), 
 68763 et seq. BRONZE BASKETS of very elegant form. (P.) 
 
 WALL-CASE N. II., 
 
 68808 et seq. Ten garden stools. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 68823 et seq. Small pans, with spouts and nozzles. (P.) 
 68843 te 47. Five flattened globular water-bottles, of the 
 
 same shape as European soldier use now. (Pompeii.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. III., 
 
 *68851. PAILS (hydriae). These water-buckets are richly 
 inlaid with arabesques and animals in silver and copper. 
 Observe especially nos. 68854, and 68866. (P. and #.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. IV., 
 
 68935 et seq. JUGS similar to those now used for oil. (P.) 
 WALL-CASE No. V., 
 
 A large number of JUGS, with three lips, and one handle, 
 of highly artistic form. Observe Nos. 69044 to 69048. These 
 jugs were for table use. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 Twelve praefericula, with single lip and handle. (P.) 
 *69087. LIBATION CUP, of very beautiful execution. The 
 
 edge is surmounted by an eagle with its wings spread out. 
 
 The handle is formed by a swan. (Nocera.) 
 
 OUTSIDE, ON A COLUMN, UNDER GLASS, 
 
 f69089. Libation cup of oblong shape. This is quite a 
 unique specimen. (Ruvo.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. VI., 
 Several MILK- JUG with one handle. Observe those called 
 
6 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 " a petto d' oca " that is, "goose-breasted;" especially. 
 (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 f69174. LIBATION CUP (rhyton) , representing the : head 
 of a stag with silver eyes. The mouth, being, partly open, 
 allowed the liquid to flow out. Examples of the use of this 
 vessel may be seen in the frescoes downstairs. (Here.} 
 
 WALL-CASE No. VII , 
 
 Observe Nos. 69317 to 69322, and 69318. A JUG, orna- 
 mented with two griffins resting their claws upon an urn. 
 (Pompeii.} 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. VIII. TO XI. (SECOND CORNER OF THE ROOM), 
 Large number of vases, which, to judge by the ornaments 
 on their handles, were used for household purposes. The 
 handles are specially beautiful, and an endless variety of 
 elegant form is displayed in their construction. (P. and H.) 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. XII. TO XIV., 
 
 Two-handled ewers for household purposes. (P. and H.) 
 69725 et seq. CINERARY URNS, made of lead. (Pompeii.} 
 
 FOUNTAIN JETS AND SPRAYS. 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. XV, AND XVI. (THIRD CORNER OF THE ROOM), 
 69762 et seq. Ten tiger heads for fountains. (Here} 
 69784-9. A PEACOCK with spreading tail; a column capped 
 with three dolphins; a pine-cone; a serpent; a cylindrical 
 and a conical vase with jets . all forming a group for a 
 fountain. These specimens are set up on wood to show 
 their exact position as found. (1853, Pompeii.} 
 . 69799 el seq. Thirty-two taps and a lead pipe. (Pompeii} 
 79838 et seq. Four gratings made of perforated lead for 
 gutters, and several oblong pans. (Pompeii.} 
 
 IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW, 
 
 *73153. CUKULE CHAIR (sella curnlis), made to fold. Its 
 four crossed legs are fastened by two nails with large heads. 
 (HerciUanenm.) 
 
SMALL BRONZES (FIRST ROOM). 7 
 
 FIRST TABLE-CASE No. XXVIII., 
 
 One hundred and forty-three vase handles, fitfely exe- 
 cuted and adorned with heads and arabesques. 
 
 72582-3. Two serpentine handles, each serpent holding a 
 cockchafer in his mouth. 
 
 f72592. Very fine handle, representing a Phrygian with 
 a pair of shoes on, and his feet crossed. (Pompeii.) 
 
 f72600. SUPERB HANDLE, the gem of the collection, 
 adorned with arabesques and inlaid in silver, with head of 
 Medusa. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 72637. HANDLE. Apollo holding the lyre and the plectrum. 
 Below, a swan with spreading wings. (Pompeii.) 
 
 NEXT TABLE-CASE No. XXIX., 
 
 72722-3. Two legs of a table, with lions' claws, each re- 
 presenting an armless Sphinx issuing from three leaves. (P.} 
 
 72727 el seq. Four legs of a table, with greyhound claws. 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 BATHING REQUISITES. 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XVII., 
 
 *STRIGILS (strigilis), used by the ancients after gymnastic 
 exercises and vapour baths to scrape off the perspiration 
 and the ointments. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 699J4. Complete apparatus for Roman bath, consisting, of 
 an opening ring upon which are strung four strigils , one 
 patera, and one ointment -pat. Observe n. 115732. (P.) 
 
 Sundry small pots (gu'tut or unyuentarium) in bronze or 
 alabaster, for containing perfumed ointments. (P. and H.) 
 
 LOCKS AND KEYS. 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. XVIII TO XX., 
 
 70981 et seq. Long birders inlaid with silver, serving as 
 horizontals for bedsteads. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *LOCKS in bronze and iron. Some have keys. (P. and 
 Herculaneum.) 
 
8 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 Sundry keys of all sizes , some of which are very com- 
 plicated. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 71283 et seq. Padlocks, very curious. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *71401. IRON KEY, carefully made and inlaid with silver. 
 It was found upon one of skeletons of the family of Dio - 
 mede, in the cellar of his house at Pompeii. 
 
 71392 et seq. Bolts of locks. Sundry hinges. (P. and H.) 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 71629 and 71630. Two large hinges from one of the city 
 gates of Pompeii. 
 
 TABLE-CASE No. XXX., 
 
 Ornaments for doors and furniture, including tragic and 
 comic masks and busts ; heads of lions , horses , and other 
 animals, with movable rings in their mouths. (P. and H.) 
 
 TABLE-CASE No. XXXI., 
 
 72898 et seq. HANDLES for vases , formed of dolphins , 
 foliage and human hands STATUETTES serving as handles 
 for vases. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 f72966-7. Four KNOCKERS with movable ring. These 
 represent in bas-relief superb heads of Medusa with silver 
 eyes and teeth. (1870, Pompeii.) 
 
 f72981. Vase handle with winged Genii in bas-relief, 
 having their heads pillowed on their entwined arms, and 
 (on the sides) two Tritons with cuirasses in a striking at- 
 titude. In Elruscan style. Duplicate in the British Museum. 
 (Borgia Collection.) 
 
 IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW, 
 
 f73152. CURULE CHAIR (sclla curulis), made to fold, with 
 remains of gilding still discernible. It was originally moun- 
 ted in ivory, which has been replaced by wood. (Pompeii.) 
 
 IRON TOOLS. 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXL, (LAST CORNER OF THE ROOM), 
 71700 et seq. Scythes, sickles, bill-hooks, knives. Rakes 
 
SMALL BRONZES (FIRST ROOM). 9 
 
 and forks four plougshares, spades as used in Naples now, 
 and trowels for gardening. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 71746. Small pocket-knife with bone handle. (Pompeii.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXII., 
 
 71791 et seq. Carding combs , long shovel , large spring 
 shears: shears of this form still used in silk factories. Sundry 
 smaller shears, blacksmiths' cutters and pincers, axes, 
 hatchets, soldering iron, claws for drawing nails, pickaxes, 
 wedges, and hammers for chipping pavements. (P. and H.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXIII., 
 
 Hammers for carpenters and masons. f71 875. KEY for 
 raising heavy blocks of stone (as used now) , compasses : 
 callipers, masons' trowels, turnery tools, centre-bits, scalpels, 
 planes, saws, anvils, a large whetstone. (Pompeii.) 
 
 LAMPS AND LANTERNS. 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXIV., 
 
 f72180. TREBLE-WICK LAMP, fitted with three exquisite 
 double-stranded chains; a fourth chain holds I he lid of the 
 reservoir. This lamp is adorned with four heads issuing 
 from garlands. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 72172. SINGLE LAMP. A small mouse on the spout is 
 about to gnaw the wick. (Pompeii.) 
 
 72181. LARGE TREBLE-WICK LAMP. Instead of a cover it 
 has a handsome urn over the reservoir. This lamp is 
 adorned with festoons and three masks. (Pompeii.) 
 
 Sundry small candelabra for single lamps. (P. and H.) 
 
 Seventeen lanterns. Observe especially: 
 
 *72067. LANTERN glazed with talc, bearing on the top 
 the words ' Tiburti Catus S. " (Herculaneum.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXV., 
 
 72190. CANDELABRUM in the form of a cup. (Here.) 
 
 72191. CANDELABRUM formed of a fluted column. (Stabiae.) 
 92192-3. CANDELABRA, like modern candlesticks. (P.) 
 
10 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 72195. CANDELABRUM formed of a fluted column capped 
 by a small vase, from which issue three branches. (Here.) 
 
 72246 and 72250. Treble-wick lamps hanging by a well- 
 wrought chain, and decorated with a nude dancer. (P.) 
 
 72251. Double lamp with garland and sunflower handle. 
 The cover represents a child with a goose. (Here.) 
 WALL-CASE No. XXVI., 
 
 72198. TREBLE-WICK CIRCULAR LAMP. The lid, which 
 also form a handle, is surmounted by the figure of a Harpy. 
 
 72199. SILENUS. His movement and the gestures of his 
 hands leads us to infer that he proposes to dance. Behind 
 him, a parrot on a bough which carries two lamps. (H.) 
 
 72202-3. PHRYGIAN figure on one knee. Behind him, the 
 stump of a tree with a lamp upon it. (Pompeii.) 
 
 f72206. LAMP-STAND. Silenus, seated, pouring wine from 
 a wineskin. Behind him, a stum to carry two lamps. (P.) 
 
 72279. DOUBLE-WICK LAMP. The lid represents a Satyr 
 seated on a stump, holding a pan-pipe. (Pompeii.) 
 
 72280. Double-wick lamp beautifully adorned with acan- 
 thus leaves. The lid bears a Silenus standing upright. (P.) 
 
 f72291. Handsome small CANDELABRUM. It represents 
 Cupid astride on a dolphin, which is about to devour a 
 polypus issuing from a shell. A wonderful work of art. (P.) 
 
 f72298. NIGHT-LIGHT in a saucer. The lid is perforated 
 to subdue the light. (Stabiae.) 
 WALL-CASK No. XXVII., 
 
 72226. CANDELABRUM in the form of the trunk of a tree. 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 72231. CANDELABRUM in the form of a tree , the boughs 
 supporting five double-wick lamps. (Herculancum.) 
 
 f72336. PORTABLE LAMP with folding handle. (Stabiae.) 
 
 SECOND ROOM. 
 
 In the centre of this room is a cork model of the exca- 
 vation of Pompeii, on the scale of 1 to 100. It is extremely 
 accurate, and well worthy of attention. 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 11 
 
 The wooden balustrade represents the outline of the an- 
 eient ramparts, while the part painted green shows what 
 yet remains to be excavated. 
 
 The amphitheatre , which was capable of holding 12,800 
 people, was situated at the extremity of the town as shown 
 on the model. 
 
 The extent of the city is estimated at about one hundred 
 and forty acres, and the part excavated may be taken at 
 about fifty acres, leaving ninety acres still buried bnno.nth 
 a mass of volcanic ash about twenty feet deep , which has 
 been cultivated and even built upon for centuries. The 
 lenght of the excavated portion is about six hundred yards, 
 and the circuit of the city two miles. 
 
 The House of Diomede and the Street of the Tombs 
 being outside the walls, are not represented on the model. 
 
 AGAINST THE BALUSTRADE OF THE MODEL, 
 
 Twelve circular leaden tanks for the impluvia of houses, 
 found in the courtyards. One of them has a bronze tap. (P.) 
 
 SAUCEPANS, PATERAE, &c. 
 
 ON THE LEFT, WALL-CASES NoS. XXXTI. AND XXXIIL, 
 
 SAUCEPANS, of which many are lined with silver. (P.) 
 73231. A SAUCEPAN as found at Herculaneam, completely 
 full of lava and encrusted with ash. 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. XXXIV. AND XXV., 
 
 73437 et seq. PATERAE (or bowls for containing libations). 
 They are of the shape of a deep saucer, with a handle ending 
 in the head of a ram or a swan. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXXVI. (among a number of two-handled basins), 
 73511. BASIN with bas-relief inlaid with silver repre- 
 senting JEthra showing her son Theseus the sword that his 
 father ^Egeus had hidden under a rock. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 WALL-CRSE No. XXXVII, AND XXXVIII., 
 73535. BASIN. Two figures in bas-relief one dancing. (//.) 
 
12 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 S 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 73549. BASIN on a tripod with ornate border. Tbe handles 
 are lions, and the sides bear four serpents. (Pompeii.) 
 
 WALL-CASES No. XXXIX. TO XLIII., 
 
 73613. BASIN with a bas-relief of a woman fashioning a 
 trophy, and Hercules with his club standing by. (Here.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XL1V., 
 
 73837. Saucepan with long handle covered with lapilli. (P.) 
 73798 et seq. LADLES used for dipping into vases. (P.) 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 78936. TRAY like a modern tea-tray, but made of bronze. 
 (Stabiae.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XLV. (SECOND CORNER OF THE ROOM), 
 73838-73863. Twenty-six funnels. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 73879-81-82. Three round stoves. (Pompeii.) 
 *73880. URN (authepsa). with two handles and lions' feet. 
 This beautiful urn is decorated with designs, and is similar 
 to the Russian samovar and the old-fashioned English tea- 
 urn. (Pompeii.) 
 
 H1048. Another elegant urn on three lions' feet, and 
 ornamented with three female masks. The tap represents 
 Cupid astride on a dolphin. (1876, Pompeii.) 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 73886 et seq. Stands for vases. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 *73937. BRONZE COLLAR for slaves, bearing the inscrip- 
 tion : "Servus sum, tene quia fugio. " (lam a slave; arrest 
 me because I am running away). 
 
 73926 ft seq. SPIRAL GAUNTLETS in bronze, which gla- 
 diators wore as a protection for their wrists and ankles. 
 
 ARTICLES USED IN SACRIFICES. 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XLVI., 
 73945 et sr/j. Four portable altars on three legs, suppor- 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 13 
 
 ting a disc which received the blood of victims. (Pompeii.) 
 f7 4021 -2-3. FLESH-HOOKS (harpago) for taking boiled 
 
 meat out of the caldron. They were fitted with wooden 
 
 handles. There are four similar specimens in the British 
 
 Museum. ( Canino.) 
 73983 et seq. Censers (turibula), with chains and spoons 
 
 for incense. (Pompeii and Herndaneum.) 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 74003 et seq. Mensae for the Augurs' (haruspices). They 
 are in the shape of a stool. Upon them lie the instruments 
 which were used to examine the entrails of the victims for 
 the purposes of pretended prophecy. (Pompeii.) 
 
 Bronze letters from inscriptions. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 
 COUCHES. 
 
 IN THE CENTRE, 
 
 *78614. Five couches. Two have heads to them. The 
 wooden part painted red is a restoration; the original wood 
 was walnut. ( Vibius's house of Pompeii.) 
 
 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XLVII. (Upper division), 
 
 Eighteen STEELYARDS and SCALES, complete. 
 
 74039. The sixth scale from the visitor's left bears the 
 inscription (in dotted lines) : " TI. CLAUD. C^ES. JEHU. VITEL. 
 in. cos. EXACTA, in. TIC. CUBA. ^EDiL. ; " meaning that this 
 balance was stamped at the Capitol in the reign of the 
 Emperor Claudius. (Pompeii.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. IL., 
 
 f74056. Under the hook from which this specimen hangs 
 we read the inscription, " IMP. VESP. AUG. HX. T. IMP. AUG. 
 F. vi. cos. EXACTA. IN cApiTO(fto) ; " that is to say, that it 
 was stamped in the Capitol under the eighth consulate of 
 the Emperor Vespasian, and under the sixth of Titus, which 
 corresponds to A.D. 77, two years only before the destruction, 
 of Pompeii. (Stabiae.) 
 
14 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 74165. Ingenious machine for -weighing liquids. It is in 
 the form of a saucepan , and was suspended by the hook 
 and chain. 
 LOWER DIVISION (left}, 
 
 Sundry round weights in black basalt (nefritica); marked 
 in Roman figures. 
 
 74280 to 74290. Eleven round weights in bronze, marked 
 with silver numerals, X, V, III, II, I, S or " Semis " (half), 
 for the pounds, and ::/.: S for fractions of pounds. 
 
 74308 to 74313. Six bronze WEIGHTS, in the shape of 
 goats. These are marked P.X, P.V, P.III, P.II, P.I. 
 
 *74390 to 74393. Four large weights; a PIG, bearing the 
 initials P.C (one hundred pounds); a CHEESE, and two huge 
 
 KNUCKLE-BONES. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *Leaden weights, bearing the word " EME " on one side, 
 and "HABEBIS" on the other "Buy, and you shall have." 
 (Pompeii.) 
 . 74582 et seq. Measures for oil. (Pompeii.) 
 
 74599. Measure for liquids, of the weight often pounds. 
 The Congius spoken of by Pliny. (Borgia.) 
 
 *74600-1. Dry MEASURES. Their capacity was settled by 
 the triangular crosspieces. Inscription: "D. D. p. P. HERC." 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 OUTSIDE THE WALL-CASE, 
 74G02. Dry measure. (The wood is a restoration.) (P.) 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. L. AND LI., 
 Sundry kitchen utensils. (Pompeii and Hefculaneum.) 
 
 MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 TABLE-CASE No. LXL, 
 
 *7G657 to 7G667. Plummets. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 *7G670 el seq. Sundry pairs of compasses. (P. and Here.) 
 
 *7<ii;s4 Reducing compass. (Pompeii.) 
 
 fM5G3U. CALLIPERS. This handsome specimen is exactly 
 like the instrument used by modern sculptors. (1887, jp.) 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 15 
 
 76689. Square. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *76690 et seq. Linear measures. (Pompeii.) 
 
 FISHING TACKLE. 
 
 76840 et seq. Netting needles, bronze and bone needles , 
 quadruple fish-hook weighted.-Four hundred fish-hooks. (P.) 
 
 109703. A RUDDER, belonging probably to a bronze statue 
 of " Abundance. " (Pompeii.) 
 
 111845. Small iron ANCHOR; the only one yet found. (P.) 
 
 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 TABLE-CASE No. LXII., 
 
 *76945 et seq. SISTRA jingling bronze rattles used in the 
 worship of Isis. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *76942. CYMBALS of two kinds (Psalm, cl. 5). (Pompeii.) 
 
 111055. A bronze wind instrument, like an organ. It 
 was fitted with a chain, apparently to be carried round the 
 neck. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *76890. BAGPIPES found in the baaracks. The "dulci- 
 mer" of Dan. iii. 5. Nero was fond of this instrument, and 
 is said to have played it in public. It is the favourite 
 instrument of the S. Italian peasantry. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *76891 et seq. FLAGEOLETS made of silver, bronze, and 
 ivory. (Pompeii.) 
 
 TOYS, DICE, AND TICKTES FOR THEATRES. 
 
 TABL^-CASE No. LXIII., 
 
 *76950 et seq. Knucklebones and. dice; some constructed 
 that they might be loaded. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *77087 et seq. Sundry checks or tickets (tesseiwe) for 
 theatres and boxing matches, made of ivory. Observe the 
 small numbered birds made of terra-cotla. These were 
 checks for the upper row of seats, still called the " piccio- 
 naia" or pigeon-loft, in Italy. (P. and Herculaneum.) 
 
 109880. Six numbered death's-heads (use unknown). (P.) 
 
16 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 TOILET REQUISITES. 
 
 TABLE- CASE No. LXIII. (bis), 
 
 77147 et seq. Bronze clasps (fibulae). (P. and Here.) 
 
 77170. Fibula in the form of a horse. 
 
 114430. Bronze ring with the finger-bone of his owner. 
 
 77259 et seq. Bronze rings fitted with a small hey for 
 jewel-cases. (Pompeii.) 
 
 77245. Sundry rings in bone and lead, bearing initials. 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 77174 et seq. Bronze bracelets ,. in the form of serpents, 
 one with a silver medallion. (1863, Pompeii.) 
 
 *77213 et seq. Five perfect metal MIRRORS. One in a 
 modern frame was found in the House of the Faun. (P.) 
 
 77291 et seq. These specimens have long been supposed 
 to be perforated boxes for perfumes, made on the principle 
 of the modern " vinaigrette " ; but , in fact , they are cases 
 for seals to be attached to parchments. The box contained 
 the seal, and two or more threads of silk attached to the 
 wax passed from the parchment through the holes. One of 
 them may be seen represented upon the large fresco from 
 the House of Pansa attached to the p?pyrus (see No.8598.p.2). 
 
 77298. Small rectangular bolts in ivory, for securing 
 dressing-cases or small articles of furniture. (Pompeii) 
 
 77318 et seq. Bone buttons and bronze studs. (P.) 
 
 77355 et seq. Ivory and bronze combs. (Pompeii.) 
 
 77363. BRONZE THIMBLE. (Pompeii.) 
 
 Small pots for cosmetics. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *77570. Pot of rock-crystal, still containing rouge. (P.) 
 
 Small flagons in alabaster and ivory, for perfumes. (P.) 
 
 SPINDLE, fitted with a bronze hook. (Pompeii.) 
 
 77518. Bronze winder, in nine divisions, for threads of 
 different colour. (Pompeii.) 
 
 80088. Small toothed wheel, used as part of a bolt. (P.) 
 We draw attention to this little specimen to show how nearly 
 the Romans had reached one of the leading principles of 
 the modern clock. 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 17 
 
 Hairpins in bone and bronze, adorned with statuettes and 
 busts; tooth-picks and earpickers. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. LII. AND LIII., 
 Kitchen pots and pans. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 COLANDERS. 
 
 CASE LXIV., IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW. 
 Colanders perforated in graceful designs. (P. and Here.) 
 77609. In the centre of this specimen a bas-relief of Venus 
 
 with silver bracelets , holding out her hand to a small 
 
 Cupid. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 NEAR THE BALUSTRADE OF THE MODEL OF POMPEII, 
 
 78579. Large CALDRON, nailed and bolted as our modern 
 steam boilers. (Pompeii.) 
 
 78580. Large FIRE-PLUG, found in the palace of Tiberius 
 at Capri. The rust of ages has sealed it hermetically. 
 
 This specimen once had water in it, which one could hear 
 by shaking it. This has now completely evaporated. 
 
 78581. Bronze grating (claustrum), found before a window 
 in Pompeii. 
 
 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS (Chirurgia.) 
 TABLE- CASE LXV., 
 
 Bistouries (surgical knives), spatula^ sounds, and tweezers, 
 some of which last belonged to lamps. 
 
 77738 et seq. "Directors." 
 
 77982. Curved dentated forceps , for removing foreign 
 substances from cavities. 
 
 TABLE CASE LXVI., 
 
 77986 et seq Fourteen bronze cupping vessels of modern 
 shape, but ours are now made of glass. 
 
 78000-1. Spoons with head of a ram and of a woman. 
 
 78003. Lancet for bleeding. 
 
 78004. Silver spoon with elegant handle. 
 
 78005. Scissors with a spring, like shears. 
 78007. FLEAM for bleeding horses. 
 
18 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 78008. TROCHAR for tapping for dropsy. A hole in the 
 end gives an exit to the water. 
 
 78012. An ELEVATOR (or instrument for raising depressed 
 portions of the skull) made of bronze. 
 
 *78026. A MALE CATHETER (aenea fistula). 
 
 *78027. A FEMALE CATHETER, 3 1/2 inches in length. 
 
 *78029. POMPEIAN FORCEPS , formed of two branches 
 crossing, and working on a pivot. It was used for crushing 
 small calculi. 
 
 *7S030. SPECULUM UTERI. It is a tri- valvular dilator ; 
 the three valves, standing at right angles to the rest of the 
 instrument, are jointly dependent on each other in the 
 expansion transmitted only to one of them. When the three 
 valves are in contact, the instrument for insertion is about 
 an inch in circumference. By turning the screw, one valve 
 is drawn nearer to the operator, and this forces the other 
 two to open in a sidelong direction, producing thus a slow, 
 regular, progressive dilatation, as extensive as may be 
 required. The instrument can be held by the two curved 
 handles in the left, while the right hand turns the screw. 
 These movable handles are similar to those fitted to modern 
 specula. (Pompeii.) 
 
 113264. SPECULUM UTERI. A quadrivalvular dilator of 
 beautiful workmanship and very scientific costruction. (P.) 
 
 *78031. SPECULUM ANI. A bi-valvular dilator, probably 
 used also for the uterus before the other one was known. 
 
 78032. Dentated forceps of elegant construction. 
 
 78121. Sound with flattened extremity, bifurcated for 
 cutting the frenum of the tongue ; as used in modern surgery. 
 
 78034 et seq. Actual cauteries. 
 
 78071. Surgical needle. 
 
 78137. Probes found in the cases to the left of them. 
 
 78195-6. Stones for sharpening instruments. (Stabiae.) 
 
 78235. An INJECTION PROBE for females, with eight small 
 holes arranged like wreaths. 
 
 *PILLS, SULPHUU, and other medicaments. (Stabiae.) 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 19 
 
 MORE SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 TABLE-CASE LXVI (), 
 
 On the 31. s* of October 1887 the following items were 
 found in a house at Pompeii which appears to have been 
 the residence of a Medical man. 
 
 116437 et seq. Sundry forceps. 
 
 116460. Earthenware gallipot containing drugs, the nature 
 of which is unknown. 
 116460 (bis). Plate with similar contents. 
 
 116438 Chemist's scales. 
 
 116439 et seq. Four square bronze weights. These have 
 dots upon them to denote their value no. 116443 weighs 
 14 grammes. Besides them are three weights of black stone 
 (nefritica). 
 
 110088. Small bronze medicine spoon. 
 116459. Stone for instruments. 
 116456. Rusty scalpel. 
 116458. Iron spring scissors. 
 
 116450. Large bronze surgical needle. 
 
 116435. Uterine dilator similar to that in the preceding 
 table-case. 
 
 116436. Anal dilator. 
 
 116451. Injecting probes. 
 116447. Bistouries. 
 
 1164i4. Bronze instrument case still containing its original 
 instruments. Sundry empty cases. 
 
 116441-2. Two inkstands in good preservation. 
 
 116453. Th hinges and lock of the box which contained 
 the above specimens. 
 
 IVORY ARTICLES (Miscellaneous.) 
 TABLE-CASES Nos. LXV1I, LXVIII., 
 
 78362 et seq. Fragments of furniture made of iron cased 
 in ivory. Ivory fragments from dressing-cases. Bone 
 spoons. (Pompeii.) 
 
20 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 \ 10924. Statuette of Venus with dolphin. (Pompeii.) 
 78279. Statuette of boy wearing the " bulla patricia. " 
 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 78306. Fragments from the Curule chair. (Pompeii.) 
 109905 and -5 (bis). Two ivory panels (frame modern), 
 
 carved on both sides, used as ornaments for furniture. (P.) 
 
 78288. Small bronze skeleton. (Pompeii.) 
 
 78289. Fine ivory death's-head. 
 
 IN THE WINDOW, 
 
 The skull and the right fore-arm are so small that they 
 seem to have belonged to a young girl, who was probably 
 a member of the family of Diomede at Pompeii. One of her 
 teeth will be observed in perfect preservation. The various 
 blocks of ashes collected in this case had surrounded the 
 body, and still show the imprint of the breast, of the hands 
 and fingers, as well as of the feet. 
 
 WRITING MATERIALS. 
 
 WALL-CASE No. LVL, 
 
 Inkstands pens, metal mirrors, serpentine bracelets. (P.) 
 75080. Inkstand still containing ink, atramentum. (P.) 
 f75091. Octagonal inkstand (found in a tomb at Terlizzi) 
 of bronze, decorated in silver, with the seven divinities who 
 presided over the seven days of the week, namely, Apollo, 
 Diana, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. 
 
 Martorelli, the archaelogist (who wrote two volumes about 
 this inkstand), thinks that it belonged to some astronomer 
 of the time of Trajan. 
 
 110672. Bronze PEN, nibbed like a modern one. (P.) 
 
 IN A TUBE OK MODERN GLASS, 
 
 75095. Pen of reed, found in a papyrus at Herculaneum, 
 75099. Slabs of stone, which were covered with wax for 
 
 writing upon with the "stylus." 
 75113. Two bone '-styli." Pointed at one end and flat at 
 
 the other, to rub out what one had written. (Pompeii.) 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 21 
 
 80111. BRACELET on the bone of a right arm. (P.) 
 75114. Bronze squares from the front of a strong box. 
 
 SADDLERY. 
 
 WALL-CASE (NEXT THE DOOR) LVII., 
 
 CATTLE BELLS, HARNESS, &c. Large number of bells for 
 cattle. By pulling a wire in the side of this case , one of 
 these bells is made to ring. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 74578. Small model of a BIGA, of very great interest, as 
 showing us the form of Pompeian vehicles. (Pompeii.) 
 
 HARNESS FOR HORSES, consisting of scrolls, sprays, bits, 
 
 nosebands, pole-heads, curb-chains, spurs, a stirrup (?), 
 
 buckles, and other objects which can be readily identified. 
 
 75537. A fragment representing a blacksmith in the act 
 
 of paring a hoof. 
 
 KITCHEN UTENSILS. 
 
 WALL-CASE LVIII, 
 
 PASTRY MOULDS in the shape of shells. (P. and H.) 
 
 76352 et seq. Four SHAPES, representing a hare, a pig, a 
 ham, and half a fowl. (Pompeii.) 
 
 76336. IMPLEMENTS for making pastry. Pastry cutters. 
 
 76349. Cheese-graters. Bronze kinives and spoons. (P.) 
 
 WALL-CASE LIX, 
 
 76543. Large EGG FRAME, capable of cooking twenty-nine 
 eggs at once. (Inn, Pompeii.) 
 
 76540-1. Very handsome andirons (?). 
 
 Tart dishes, frying-pans , gridirons , tongs , artistic fire- 
 shovels, kitchen trivets. An iron trivet, much oxidised and 
 covered with lapilli , with a pot firmly stuck to it by the 
 oxidisation. Seven spits. 
 
 Hanging up against the wall near the door, 
 
 78622. A bronze BELL, shaped like a gong. (Pompeii.) 
 It has a beautiful tone, which may be heard by swinging 
 the clapper which hangs before it. 
 
THE COLLECTION OF GEMS. 
 
 (Oggetti preziosi.} 
 
 This collection has recently been scientifically arranged, 
 and is divided into four principal sections, namely, Gold 
 Ornaments, Silver Plate, Engraved Gems, and Cameos. 
 
 The gold ornaments are very varied, and many of them 
 are of extremely beautiful design. Some of them were found 
 in Greek tombs in the South Italian provinces, but the 
 majority are of the Roman period, and were discovered in 
 the excavations at Pompeii. 
 
 The collection of Silver Plate is perhaps the most 
 important extant, and shows a wonderful excellence of 
 design and execution. 
 
 CAMEOS AND INTAGLIOS. 
 
 This collection consists of about a thousand specimens , 
 many of which bear the name of Lorenzo de' Medici , and 
 came from the Farnese collection. The ancient specimens 
 are marked "Ant.." (Antique) and the mediaeval ones "xv." 
 (fifteenth century). 
 
 TAZZA FARNESE. 
 
 IN THE WINDOW, 
 
 *27611. CUP OF ORIENTAL SARDONYX of inestimable merit 
 and value , found either in the Castle of Sant' Angela at 
 Rome, or in Hadrian's villa at Tivoli. It came into the 
 possession of Duke Charles of Bourbon when he was besieging 
 Rome, and was already disfigured by a hole in the centre, 
 which had been bored through it with the view, no doubt, 
 of fixing it on a stand. It is the only known cameo of its 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 23 
 
 size which has a composition engraved on both sides of it. 
 On the outer side is a magnificent Medusa, and on the inner 
 eight figures in relief representing Ptolemy Philadelphus 
 consecrating the harvest festival instituted by Alexander 
 the Great after the foundation of Alexandria. (Ant.) 
 
 FIRST TABLE. FIRST COMPARTMENT (next Window.) 
 
 25833 to 25899. (Note especially.) 
 
 \. Onyx. THE EDUCATION OF BACCHUS. The infant god, 
 mounted on a lion led by a nymph, is held up by one of 
 the Nysiades; behind, Nysa seated. Ant. 
 
 5. Onyx. NEPTUNE and PALLAS disputing about the name 
 to be given to a rising city. Inscribed "IIY probably meaning 
 Pyrgotele. Ant. 
 
 *6. Onyx. DAEDALUS and ICARUS. Two females admiring 
 the prodigy probably Pasiphae and Diana Dictyna per- 
 sonifying fhe Cretan City. xv. 
 
 8. Oriental Onyx. TRIUMPH of BACCHUS and SILENUS. The 
 car is drawn by two Psyches , the reins held by Cupid , 
 while another pushes the car. Ant. 
 
 *16. Onyx. JUPITER overwhelming the Titans. Legend, 
 
 A6HNIQN. Ant. 
 
 17. Onyx. COCK-FIGHT, in presence of two Cupids, one 
 lamenting his defeat, the other victorious. Ant. 
 19. Sardonyx. HEAD of OMPHALE. Ant. 
 25. Sardonyx. HOMER; name on the mantle. Ant. 
 *30. Agate. JUPITER SERAPIS, in high-relief. Ant. 
 *32. Agate. Head of MEDUSA. Ant. 
 38. Agate. OTHRYADES dying. Ant. 
 f4l. Sardonyx. SATYR dancing. A fragment. Ant. 
 f44. Sardonyx. AUGUSTUS. Attributed to Dioscorides. 
 f47. Onyx. AURORA in her chariot. Ant. 
 *48. Oriental Onyx. A FAUN carrying the infant Bacchus. 
 52. Onyx. A fine head, perhaps CICERO. Ant. 
 55. Oriental Onyx. VENUS and CUPID. 
 f57. Sardonyx. CENTAUR. Ant. 
 
24 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 *60. Oriental Onyx. SCULPTOR chisselling a vase. Ant. 
 
 *65. Agate. DIRGE'S PUNISHMENT. Fragment. 
 
 1857. Onyx enammelled. VESTAL , a superb head. Ant- 
 
 SECOND COMPARTMENT. 
 
 25900 to 26042. 
 
 69. Agate. Ariobarzanus III... king of Cappadocia (?). Ant. 
 
 77. Sardonyx. DOMITIAN. Laurel crowned, xv. 
 
 86. Onyx. HERCULES strangling the serpents. Ant. 
 
 90. Sapphire. Veiled head of LIVIA. xv. 
 
 93. Emerald. Lotus-crowned head of Isis. Ant. 
 
 99. Lapis-lazuli. Tiberius crowned with laurel, xv. 
 
 105. Emerald. Bust of JUPITER SERAPIS. Ant. 
 
 123. Jacinth. CLEOPATRA, xv. 
 
 124. Onyx. MARSYAS bound and MERCURY. Ant. 
 134. Onyx. Leda and the swan. Ant. 
 
 147. Sardonyx. HERCULES and the lion. xv. 
 154. Onyx. GANYMEDE AND THE EAGLE, xv. 
 167. Garnet. SAMSON, with legend, xv. 
 171. Agate. DOMITIAN. xv. 
 f!88. Sardonyx. AURORA on a quadriga. Ant. 
 The artist adapted the different strata of the stone to give 
 each horse a distinct colour. According to Winckelmann, 
 their colours indicate dawn, day, twilight, and night. 
 
 193. Onyx. CUPID; legend *IVQ, I love. Ant. 
 
 197. Onyx. Hand pulling an ear; MNHMONETE, remember. 
 Ant. 
 
 198. Onyx. Hand-in-hand, OMONOIA concord. Ant. 
 201. Onyx. GANYMEDE home by the eagle. Ant. 
 f203. Agate. THETIS on a dolphin , with Triton and 
 
 Zephyr, xv. 
 206. Glass. Tiberius. (Pompeii.) 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 25 
 
 INTAGLIOS. 
 
 SECOND TABLE FIRST COMPARTMENT. 
 
 26043 to 26209. 
 
 *209. Cornelian. AJAX and Cassandra at the Palladium. A. 
 
 f214. Chrysolite. PALLAS, xv. 
 
 f215. Chalcedony. ANTONINUS Pius (?). xv. 
 
 221. Carnelian. SOLON. Legend, SOAQNOS. Ant. 
 
 228. Amethi/st. IOLE ; a fine head. xv. 
 
 230. Sapphire. Fine bust of JUNO. Ant. 
 
 231. Carnelian. Head of MARCUS AURELIUS. Ant. 
 *232. Amethyst. DIANA with AIIOAAQNIOS inscribed in 
 
 Greek. A gem of great celebrity. Ant. 
 f234. Calcedony. ACTOR with a mask. xv. 
 244. Beryl. Head of SERGIUS GALBA. xv. 
 248. Carnelian. THE CAR OF THE SUN. Ant. 
 250. Amethyst. ANTONINUS Pius. Ant. 
 
 253. Amethyst. THETIS on two sea-horses. Ant. 
 
 254. Carnelian. PERSEUS with Medusa's head. Inscribed 
 "Dioscorides." Ant. 
 
 256. Carnelian. HADRIAN, crowned. Ant. 
 268. Carnelian. Fine head of PLATO, xv. 
 276. Carnelian. JULIUS C.ESAR. xv. 
 287. Garnet. Bust of CLEOPATRA. Ant. 
 Carnelian. (The first stone from the left, without a 
 number). Handsome bust of JUNO. (Pompeii.) 
 329. Sardonyx. MARS crowned by Victory. Ant. 
 
 SECOND COMPARTMENT. 
 
 26210 to 26389. 
 
 f390. Carnelian. SACRIFICE. Group of 18 figures, xv. 
 408. Carnelian. SILENUS upon an ass. Group, xv. 
 413. Carnelian. PESCENNIUS. Inscribed "Pescennio". xv. 
 417. Sanguine Jasper. SACRIFICE, xv. 
 419. Carnelian. LIVIA and TIBERIUS. Group, xv. 
 439. Carnelian. Strength conquered by Beauty. 
 
26 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 455. Sardonyx. CUPID dedicating one wing to the Sun. xv. 
 473. Chalcedony. AFRICA PERSONIFIED. Engraved with 
 unintelligible characters. Ant. 
 
 OTHER INTAGLIOS AND CAMEOS. 
 
 THIRD TABLE FIRST COMPARTMENT, 
 
 26390to26766. 
 Intaglios of less importance. 
 
 SECOND COMPARTMENT. 
 
 26767 to 26965. 
 (CAMEOS). 
 
 961. Agate. MINERVA, fully armed. Bust. xv. 
 967. Onyx. AURORA in her chariot. Ant. 
 988. Onyx. THE THREE GRACES, xv. 
 1003. Onyx. MINERVA, xv. 
 f!021. Lapis-lazuli. MINERVA armed, xv. 
 fl024. Onyx. ALEXANDER THE GREAT, xv. 
 1044. Onyx. M.ECENAS (?). xv. 
 1046. Agate. SOCRATES, xv. 
 
 FOURTH TABLE FIRST COMPARTMENT. 
 
 26966 to 27123. 
 
 1162. Agate. Head of Cicero, KI-KE-PO. Ant. 
 A necklace of scarabs. 
 
 SECOND COMPARTMENT. 
 
 27 124 to 27348. 
 
 1375. Green Jasp. Aurora, xv. 
 
 f!352. A bulla mounted with gold wire, representing a 
 man and his wife. Some think that this a portrait of Marcus 
 Aurelius and Faustina. Ant. 
 
 FIFTH TABLE. 
 
 27349 to 27610. 
 
 Many portraits in intaglio. 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 27 
 
 1520. Sardonyx. Jupiter. Bust. xv. 
 
 1540. Sea-shell. Three Cupids drawing water, xv. 
 
 1701 et seq. Agates. Perfume vases. Ant. 
 
 Agate. A knuckle-bone. Ant. 
 
 Large silver-gilt rings belonging to Cardinal Farnese. 
 Some similar rings are exhibited in the Musee Cluny at 
 Paris. 
 
 LAST TABLE. 
 
 One hundred and forty intaglios and stone all from 
 recent excavations at Pompeii. Observe especially the 
 numbers'27651,-27665,-27653,-14565,-1 4566,-2761 7,-l 1 4562, 
 and in the last row a beautiful glass intaglio (n. 109579) 
 representing a Minerva standing. 
 
 SILVER. 
 
 In an upright glass case : 
 
 CUPS AND VASES. 
 
 TOP SHELF, 
 
 25289. Silver PAIL with bronze handle decorated with a 
 bas-relief of a lady at her bath. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25376-77-80-81. Four BACCHIC CUPS executed in ma- 
 gnificent high relief, representing Centaurs and Genii. (P.) 
 
 15367. CUP representing in bas-relief Minerva in a chariot 
 drawn by two horses. (Pompeii.) 
 
 25565. Fragment of a cup representing chariots driven 
 by children. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25301. Mortar representing the Apotheosis of Homer. One 
 of the most famous specimens of ancient silver work. In the 
 centre is the poet draped and veiled , borne heavenwards 
 by an eagle. On the right a female figure representing the 
 Odyssey. On the left is the Iliad personified armed cap-a-pic. 
 (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25681. CUP adorned with Bacchic figures. 
 
 111149. MORTAR adorned with bas-relief representing 
 
28 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 Theseus fighting against one of the Amazones on horseback 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 SECOND SHELF, 
 2528*-5-8. Three BOWLS on tripod stands of Renaissance 
 
 work. (Rome.) 
 
 25343. CENSER with cover and chains. (Herculaneum.) 
 357 lo. Two SYSTRA. A musical instrument. (Pompeii.) 
 25722 and 110841. Two BOTTLES for liquids: one with 
 
 chains. (Pompeii.) 
 
 THIRD SHELF, 
 
 25601 el seq. Six pitchers. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 111768-9. Two large pitchers with two handles. Each 
 
 weighs about 10 Ibs. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 GOLD ORNAMENTS. 
 
 (Greek and Etruscan.) 
 
 FIRST DIVISION (on the left}, 
 
 f25234 et seq. A pair of very large earrings of pyramidal 
 shape. A ring, with an agate intaglio representing an 
 Amazon and a small gold coin of Syracuse representing a 
 portrait of a woman. (Gift of Baron d'Arbou Castillon 1864 
 found in a tomb at Taranto). 
 
 24852. GOLD BULL with Phoenician and Greek inscription. 
 (Syracuse.) 
 
 24826. KID in massive gold from Edessa in Mesopotamia. 
 (Borgia Collection.) 
 
 24876-8. Two perfume vases in blue glass mounted on 
 a gold stand. (Venosa.) 
 
 Ten necklaces. The following are the most remarkable: 
 
 *24883. Splendid necklace formed of twenty-one Silenus 
 masks and fifty-eight acorns and fleurs-de-lys. (Armento.) 
 
 *24858. NECKLACE OF LACE-WORK, with elegantly woven 
 pendants. 
 
 42.1) 27Necklace consisting of seven gold parallelograms. 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 29 
 
 24862. Necklace with blue beads threaded upon it , to 
 which are attached nineteen masks of Jove , Medusa , and 
 Silenus. ( Chiusi.) 
 
 24887. Necklace of a gold chain with garnets. In the centre 
 a small octagonal column of garnet. (Sant'Agata dei Goti.) 
 
 BETWEEN THE NECKLACES, 
 
 24893. GOLD TIARA formed of a curved spray with leaves 
 and flowers set with garnets, and small gold butterflies. 
 (Fasano.) 
 
 24854-5-6. Three specimens of beautiful workmanship 
 representing cornucopiae with lions' heads. These are thought 
 to have been earrings. (Capua.) 
 
 Bglow them, a pair of earrings in the shape of butterflies. 
 
 Among fourteen rings, observe a ring 25157 set with 
 an emerald plasma which is thought to have contained 
 poison. (Buvo.) 
 
 24844. Fillet, with a head of Medusa, in relief. (Toro.) 
 
 *24865 et seq. NINE BROOCHES (fibulae), artistically wrought 
 in filagree, ending in the head of a ram in Etruscan Style. 
 
 (Roman Period.). 
 
 25000. LARGE GOLD LAMP, weighing nearly two pounds, 
 and having its handle formed of a leaf. It is the only gold 
 lamp yet found in Pompeii. (Grammes 896). 
 
 EARRINGS. 
 
 SECOND WALL (first and second divisions}, 
 
 *Two hundred and fifty two gold earrings, of which 
 hundred and two are in the shape of a segment of an apple, 
 and many are drops with a pearl as a pendant ; seventeen 
 represent genii, two are of the shape of almonds, and others 
 are set with emeralds. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 RINGS. 
 
 Three hundred and twenty-three gold rings, most of 
 them set with fine stones. 
 
30 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 The first five rows consist of rings from Pompeii , and 
 the last two rows of rings from Herculaneum. Note ; 
 
 fin the second row a ring 25181 bearing a mask 
 engraved on carnelian, which was found at Pompeii by 
 King Charles III, who wore it for many years. When this 
 King inherited the throne of Spain, he handed over the 
 ring to the Museum. 
 
 24732-3-4. Three rings with the finger-bones of their 
 owners. (Pompeii.) 
 
 The provenance of the rings in the next compartment is 
 unknown, with a few unimportant exceptions which came 
 from the Campanian provinces. 
 
 Among them will be found 
 
 A very large ring of unusual shape, with fragment of 
 glazing. Thought to have been a perfume ring. (Here.) 
 
 24902. Gold ring. Man and woman shaking hands. 
 Probably an engagement ring. (Ponza). 
 
 25085. Very large head of Brutus engraved on gold , 
 grammes 3,50. (S. Maria di Capua). Inscribed "ANASIAAS 
 KHOEI ". 
 
 The last row consists of rings of the fifteenth century. 
 Note high-relief of woman in onyx. 
 
 NECKLACES. 
 
 THIRD DIVISION, 
 
 Thirty-two necklaces. Note especially; 
 
 111114. Two vine-leaf necklaces, one of forty-eight and 
 ihe other of forty-six leaves. (Pompeii.) 
 
 f 11 3576. REMARKABLE NECKLACE of ribbon wire set with 
 eight large pearls and nine emeralds. At one end of it is 
 a gold disc set with an emerald, at the other end is a hook. 
 This is one of the richest necklaces of antiquity. (Length 
 345 millimetres). (Found near Pompeii, 1884). 
 
 24650. BULLJJ PATRICLE. These trinkets were worn 
 round the necks of patrician boys in Roman times , and 
 were dedicated to the gods when the boys arrived at man's 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 31 
 
 estate. They were called "bullce" (bubbles) from their 
 shape, and are represented on the statues of boys of noble 
 birth. (Herculaneum.} 
 
 25260. LONG GOLD CHAIN, beautifully worked. This chain 
 was found, together with several of the gold ornaments 
 already described, on the first floor of a house at Pompeii, 
 where eleven persons (whose skeletons were found) had 
 taken refuge. (Length, 2 3/4 yards). 
 
 24845-6. Two handsome brooches, to which two gold 
 pomegranates have been suspended. 
 
 24857. LION and SPHINX brooch. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25222-3. In the flat case are two remarkable buttons with 
 seated female figures in red enamel. (Pompeii.) 
 
 BRACELETS. 
 
 FOURTH DIVISION, 
 
 Eighty-one bracelets of various kinds. 
 
 *24825. Two large serpeatine bracelets, weighing two 
 pounds (the largest yet found). (House of the Faun, P.) 
 
 109587. BRACELET of gold wire twisted into figures of 8. 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 *24842. BRACELET of two cornucopia? wiih lions' heads. 
 (Herculaneum.) 
 
 The flat portion of this case contains some gold leaf, a 
 purse made of gold network , lady's hair-net of gold wire 
 in perfect preservation, fillets in gold braid. 
 
 ROCK CRYSTAL, AMBER. 
 
 FIFTH DIVISION, 
 
 Many fragments of rock crystal representing insects, cups, 
 a spoon, &c. Several agate scent bottles. (Pompeii.) 
 
 f27613. A CIRCULAR PIECE OF GLASS , usually called a 
 magnifying lens. This unique specimen has given rise to 
 much discussion.' (Pompeii.) 
 
 Several fragments of amber, among them a small statuette 
 
32 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 (25813) of a man wearing a wig, and wrapped in a mantle. 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 The rest of the amber was found at Ruvo. 
 
 25810. A cock and a parrot in mother-of-pearl. 
 
 OTHERS OBJECTS IN SILVER. 
 
 LEFT CORNER, WALL-CASE, NEAR THE WINDOW, 
 
 A box containing fragments of silver from furniture de- 
 corations; much oxydised and mingled with lapilli. (P.) 
 Silver crescent, tweezers and clasps. (Pompeii.) 
 Bracelets, brooches, rings, necklace, and two strigils hung 
 on a ring. 
 
 RIGHT CORNER, WALL-CASE, NEAR THE WINDOW, 
 
 Many cups with saucers, in very good preservation. (P.) 
 NEXT WALL, 
 
 25695. Silver trays, one oblong, the others round. (H.) 
 WALL-CASE BEYOND THE DOOR Changing from top shelf), 
 
 25494. BRONZE SUN-DIAL faced with silver, in the shape 
 of a ham. The hours are indicated by radiating lines , 
 across which run irregular horizontal lines. Below these 
 are the names of the months. The tail served as a gnomon. 
 (Rerculaneum.) 
 
 25496. Beneath the dial two delicate silver colanders are 
 suspended. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 CUPS. 
 
 Twenty eight cups, among which, two chased cups. 
 
 25372. Handsome vase with spiral ornament surmounted 
 with the head of a woman with her hair dressed in modern 
 style. 
 
 Pastry-mould in the shape of a shell. 
 
 Spoons of various shapes. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 Small spoons with pointed ends , which are thought to 
 have served as forks. (Pompeii and Hercidamwn.) 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 33 
 
 Sixteen saucepans, the handles engraved with designs. 
 Sauce-ladles. (Pompeii and Herculaneitm.) 
 
 LAST WALL-CASE (top shelf), 
 
 Several cups adorned with exquisite foliage. Observe; 
 
 *25287. BACCHIC CUP, worked in bas-relief of ivy. 
 
 55300. Mortar-shaped cup adorned with beautiful leaves 
 and sprays. (Pompeii.} 
 
 "25495. Satyr seated on a rock playing the lyre before a 
 hermes. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 109688. Diminutive skeleton very well executed. (P.) 
 
 f25490. THE DEATH OF CLEOPATRA. A very fine bas- 
 relief on the reverse of a circular mirror. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25489. ABUNDANCE. Circular plaque , of perfect preser- 
 vation. (Pompeii.) 
 
 109331. Male figure seated beneath a tree. (Here.) 
 
 25492-3. DIANA AND APOLLO. Two medallions in high- 
 relief. 
 
 25699. A man and a woman conversing. Silver inlaid 
 on copper. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25482-3. Two arms well moulded, belonging probably to 
 a statuette. 
 
 25497-8. Two hairpins, one representing Venus and Cupid, 
 the other Venus and Adonis. (Pompeii.) 
 
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TIPOGRAFIA EDITRICE E. PIETROCOLA NAPOLI 
 
SMALL BRONZES. 
 
 This collection of small bronzes numbering some thirteen 
 thousand specimens, nearly all found in Pompeii or Her- 
 culaneum, is the unique feature of the Naples Museum. 
 
 This department never fails to interest the passing visitor, 
 while it is a mine of wealth to the antiquary, as it contains 
 many perfect specimens of the every day articles of personal 
 use and ornament which eighteen centuries ago were con- 
 nected with the public and private life of the Roman citizens. 
 All these articles, from the elaborate Curule chair to the 
 most common kitchen utensil, are designed and executed 
 with an artistic grace which reaches the acme of perfection 
 and elegance. Their number alone is sufficient to stock 
 several museums, and such in the elegance of their form 
 and the perfection of their execution that they are no doubt 
 correctly attributed to Greek arlistis, who alone would be 
 likely to carry their taste for ornament into such minute 
 details. 
 
 The difference between the work of these Pompeian artists 
 and that of the artificers of our utilitarian age is especially 
 noticeable in this rooms. Everything in a Roman house 
 displayed the master hand of the artist in an unaffected 
 but quite unmistakable manner; whereas our household 
 chattels, being made to a pattern and in vast numbers, 
 though they answer their purpose admirably, may justly 
 be treated as being the production of a mechanical age, 
 testifying rather to the skill of the artisan than to the taste 
 of the artist. 
 
 The painting on the walls are of no artistic merit. Is espe- 
 cially notewhorthy the Judgment of Salomon, and exploits 
 of the Farnese family. 
 
 " The asterisk (*) denotes the specimens illustrated in Si- 
 gnor Monaco's large work , and the dagger (7) other no- 
 teworthy objects. 
 
 1 
 
2 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 FIRST ROOM. 
 
 IN THE CENTRE, 
 
 *72983. (On an antique marble table). ECONOMIC KITCHENER 
 or BRAZIEH , in the shape of a rectangular fortress, with 
 towers at the angles. The embers were laid in the centre, 
 ;md the fire was surrounded by a jacket of water contained 
 in the conduit beneath the battlements. The water could 
 be drawn off by a tap in one of the sides. Spits for 
 roasting were laid across the embrasures. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 72984. A rectangular brazier, with four castors. (P.) 
 
 72985. Rrorize bench on five feet. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *73018. CYLINDRICAL STOVE (calidarium) , of exquisite 
 beauty. It stands on three lions' feet and has four handles, 
 of which two are fastened to the sides by models of human 
 hands. On the upper part are two handles, each of them 
 formed by two spirited wrestlers. (1863, Pompeii.) 
 
 THIS STOVE STANDS ON 
 
 73019. A round marble table which served as the base 
 of a fountain. The water flowed away through the lions' 
 masks on the edge. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 109831. Brazier with original ashes in it. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *72936. ( Upon a modern marble table ). ECONOMIC 
 KITCHENER, consisting of a covered cylindrical boiler, 
 communicating" with a hollow semicircle, provided with u 
 tap. The fire within the semicircle heated the boiler, and 
 the three swans upon it are constructed to carry a saucepan. 
 (Stabiae.) 
 
 f7'2987. Bronze pedestal of a table formed of a rectan- 
 gular column, surmounted by a bearded head of Bacchus 
 bearing a cup. In front of the column a charming " Victory," 
 holding a martial trophy in her right hand, rests her feet 
 upon a globe. (Pompeii.) 
 
 73145. (On a column.} Splendid vase with four handles 
 decorated with female busts' and richly inlaM with silver. 
 (HercttUmettm. > 
 
SMALL BRONZES (FIRST ROOM). 3 
 
 1H047. Folding table in bronze, with "semisanto" marble 
 top. The edge of this table is inlaid with silver. (Pompeii.} 
 *72988. BISELLIUM with ornamentation in copper. (P.) 
 72989. Brazier damascened in copper. (Pompeii.) 
 73020-1-2. THREE SAFES (arcae) all found empty. The 
 centre one, which is 'of iron x is the finest. Its observe is 
 adorned with bronze nails and two busts of Diana in relief; 
 between them, the head of a wild boar. Beneath, two busts 
 of genii of Bacchus, and the mask of a Bacchante. (P.) 
 
 IMMEDTATELY BELOW THE THREE SAFES STANDS, 
 
 *109983 and 111764. Two PULVINARIA , used by the 
 ancients for the Penates and the sacred vessels at the 
 Lectisternia, important festivals, when the gods were placed 
 at table as if they partook of the sacrifice. (Pompeii.) 
 
 f78673. Two-handled ewer of very remarkable construc- 
 tion, supported on three Sphinxes with lions' claws, and 
 intended for heating water. (Pompeii.) 
 
 THIS 1.WER STAND ON, 
 
 78613. A small round table. The three legs represent 
 greyhounds jumping up. (Pompeii.) 
 *72990. LAYER for lustral water. (Pompeii.) 
 
 72991. BRAZIER. The observe and reverse are adorned 
 with Genii, head of Medusa, and two lion's masks. (P.) 
 
 72992. BISELLIUM adorned with the heads of asses. (P.) 
 
 72993. Small tripod on lions' claws for sacrifices. (Here.) 
 
 72994. FOLDING TABLE. These legs have acanthus leaves 
 on the upper parts, from which young satyrs are ermer- 
 ging, each one holding a rabbit under his arm. (Pompeii.) 
 
 73115. (On a column). Ewer, the handle of which repre- 
 sents a winged figure standing on a Cupid who clasps a 
 swan. Very fine. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *72995. (Under glass, on a Pompeian mosaic table). SA- 
 CRIFICIAL TRIPOD, of exquisite execution adorned with 
 beautiful arabesques and bearded heads of Jupiter Ammon. 
 The legs are braced together by elegant sprays of lotus 
 
4 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 flowers. The basin is adorned with festoons and the skulls 
 of bulls. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 72997. Double iron ring used as stocks. Lock missing. (P.) 
 
 *72998. STOCKS found in the barracks at Pompeii. Four 
 skeletens were found in this terrible instrument , the sud- 
 denness of the calamity not permitting of their release. (P.) 
 
 fl09697. (On. a round marble table). BRONZE VASE, on a 
 quadrangular base. This vase is one of the finest in the 
 collection, and especially remarkable for its handles. (P.) 
 
 fl 11050. SMALL CHAIR WITH BACK; the only specimen 
 of its kind. The woodwork is modern. (1876, Pompeii.} 
 
 *73000. (Under glass, on a Pompeian mosaic table). CAN- 
 DELABRUM formed of a decorated Corinthian column. Four 
 branches issue from the top of the column, from which 
 double-wick lamps hang by four-stranded chains. Upon 
 the left angle of the base, which is inlaid in silver, we 
 observe a fine group of Acratus (a genius of Bacchus) 
 mounted on a panther, the rhyton in his hand, and opposite 
 to him a small altar, upon which burns the sacred fire. 
 (House of Diomede, Pompeii.) 
 
 73144. A very fine ewer found in a Greek tomb. (Locri.) 
 
 73003 and 73007. Tho baths , the only bronze ones yet 
 discovered. (Pompeii.) 
 
 f73005. GREAT BRAZIER found in the tepidarium of the 
 baths near the Temple of Fortune at Pompeii. 
 BEHIND THE BRAZIER, 
 
 73017. Four-legged bench from the public baths. (P.) 
 
 Six CANDELABRA, adapted to a single lamp. They are 
 telescopic, and constructed to take to pieces in a very in- 
 genious and simple manner. (Pompeii.) 
 
 Sundry circular braziers ornamented with reliefs. (Pom- 
 peii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 73146. (On a column). A very fine bronze vase, the 
 handles of which represent a combat of gladiators. (H.) 
 
 73016. IRON STOVE covered with lapilli. It has places for 
 two saucepans, and the bottom is of fire-brick. (Pompeii.) 
 
SMALL BRONZES (FIRST ROOM). 5 
 
 SURROUNDING THE ROOM, 
 A large number of candelabra, or lamp-stands. (P. and H.) 
 
 ON THE TOP OP THE WALL-CASES, 
 
 Sundry kettles and amphora. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. I., (TO THE LEFT ON ENTERING), 
 68763 et seq. BRONZE BASKETS of very elegant form. (P.) 
 
 WALL-CASE N. II., 
 
 68808 et seq. Ten garden stools. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 68823 et seq. Small pans, with spouts and nozzles. (P.) 
 68843 te 47. Five flattened globular water-bottles, of the 
 
 same shape as European soldier use now. (Pompeii.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. III., 
 
 *68851. PAILS (hydriae). These water-buckets are richly 
 inlaid with arabesques and animals in silver and copper* 
 Observe especially nos. 68854, and 68866. (P. and H.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. IV., 
 
 68935 et seq. JUGS similar to those now used for oil. (P.) 
 WALL-CASE No. V., 
 
 A large number of JUGS, with three lips, and one handle, 
 of highly artistic form. Observe Nos. 69044 to 69048. These 
 jugs were for table use. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 Twelve praefericida, with single lip and handle. (P.) 
 *69U87. LIBATION CUP, of very beautiful execution. The 
 
 edge is surmounted by an eagle with its wings spread out. 
 
 The handle is formed by a swan. (Nocera.) 
 
 OUTSIDE, ON A COLUMN, UNDER GLASS, 
 
 f69089. Libation cup of oblong shape. This is quite a 
 unique specimen. (Ruco.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. VI., 
 Several MILK-JUG with one handle. Observe those called 
 
6 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 " a petto d' oca" that is, "goose-breasted;" especially. 
 (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 f69174. LIBATION CUP (rhyton) , representing the jhead 
 of a stag with silver eyes. The mouth, being, partly open, 
 allowed the liquid to flow out. Examples of the use of this 
 vessel may be seen in the frescoes downstairs. (Here.} 
 
 WALL-CASE No. VII , 
 
 Observe Nos. 69317 to 69322, and 69318. A JUG, orna- 
 mented with two griffins resting their claws upon an urn. 
 (Pompeii.} 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. VIII. TO XI. (SECOND CORNER OF THE ROOM), 
 Large number of vases, which, to judge by the ornaments 
 on their handles, were used for household purposes. The 
 handles are specially beautiful, and an endless variety of 
 elegant form is displayed in their construction; (P. and H.) 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. XII. TO XIV., 
 
 Two-handled ewers for household purposes. (P. and H.) 
 69725 el seq. CINERARY URNS, made of lead. (Pompeii.} 
 
 FOUNTAIN JETS AND SPRAYS. 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. XV, AND XVI. (THIRD CORNER OF THE ROOM), 
 69762 et seq. Ten tiger heads for fountains. (Here.} 
 69784-9. A PEACOCK with spreading tail; a column capped 
 with three dolphins; a pine-cone; a serpent; a cylindrical 
 and a conical vase with jets . all forming a group for a 
 fountain. These specimens are set up on wood to show 
 their exact position as found. (1853, Pompeii.} 
 69799 et seq. Thirty-two taps and a lead pipe. (Pompeii.) 
 79838 et seq. Four gratings made of perforated lead for 
 gutters, and several oblong pans. (Pompeii.) 
 
 IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW, 
 
 *73153. CURULE CHAIR (sella cunilis), made to fold. Its 
 four crossed legs are fastened by two nails with large heads. 
 (Herculaneum.} 
 
SMALL BRONZES (FIRST ROOM). 7 
 
 FIRST TABLE-CASE No. XXVIII., 
 
 One hundred and forty-three vase handles, finely exe- 
 cuted and adorned with heads and arabesques. 
 
 72582-3. Two serpentine handles, each serpent holding a 
 cockchafer in his mouth. 
 
 f72592. Very fine handle, representing a Phrygian with 
 a pair of shoes on, and his feet crossed. (Pompeii.) 
 
 f72600. SUPERB HANDLE, the gem of the collection, 
 adorned with arabesques and inlaid in silver, with head of 
 Medusa. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 72637, HANDLE. Apollo holding the lyre and the plectrum. 
 Below, a swan with spreading wings. (Pompeii.) 
 
 NEXT TABLE-CASE No. XXIX., 
 
 72722-3. Two legs of a table, with lions' claws, each re- 
 presenting an armless Sphinx issuing from three leaves. (P.) 
 
 72727 et seq. Four legs of a table, with greyhound claws. 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 BATHING REQUISITES. 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XVII., 
 
 *STRIGILS (strigilis), used by the ancients after gymnastic 
 exercises and vapour baths to scrape off the perspiration 
 and the ointments. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 699J4. Complete apparatus for Roman bath, consisting, of 
 an opening ring upon which are strung four strigils , one 
 patera, and one ointment-pot. Observe n. 115732. (P.) 
 
 Sundry small pots (guttm or unyuentarium) in bronze or 
 alabaster, for containing perfumed ointments. (P. and H.) 
 
 LOCKS AND KEYS. 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. XVIII TO XX., 
 
 70981 et seq. Long borders inlaid with silver, serving as 
 horizontals for bedsteads. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *LOCKS in bronze and iron. Some have keys. (P. and 
 Herculaneum.) 
 
8 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 
 
 Sundry keys of all sizes , some of which are very com- 
 plicated. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 71283 et seq. Padlocks, very curious. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *71401. IRON KEY, carefully made and inlaid with silver. 
 It was found upon one of skeletons of the family of Dio 
 mede, in the cellar of his house at Pompeii. 
 
 71392 et seq. Bolts of locks. Sundry hinges. (P. and H.) 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 71629 and 71630. Two large hinges from one of the city 
 gates of Pompeii. 
 
 TABLE-CASE No. XXX., 
 
 Ornaments for doors and furniture, including tragic and 
 comic masks and busts ; heads of lions , horses , and other 
 animals, with movable rings in their mouths. (P. and H.) 
 
 TABLE-CASE No. XXXT., 
 
 72898 et seq. HANDLES for vases , formed of dolphins , 
 foliage and human hands STATUETTES serving as handles 
 for vases. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 f72966-7. Four KNOCKERS with movable ring. These 
 represent in bas-relief superb heads of Medusa with silver 
 eyes and teeth. (1870, Pompeii.) 
 
 f72981. Vase handle with winged Genii in bas-relief, 
 having their heads pillowed on their entwined arms, and 
 (on the sides) two Tritons with cuirasses in a striking at- 
 titude. In Elruscan style. Duplicate in the British Museum. 
 (Borgia Collection.) 
 
 IN FRONT OK THE WINDOW, 
 
 f73152. CURULE CHAIR (sella curulis), made to fold, with 
 remains of gilding still discernible. It was originally moun- 
 ted in ivory, which has been replaced by wood. (Pompeii.) 
 
 IRON TOOLS. 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXL, (LAST CORNER OF THE ROOM), 
 71700 et seq. Scythes, sickles, bill-hooks, knives. Bakes 
 
SMALL BRONZES (FIRST ROOM). 9 
 
 and forks four plougshares, spades as used in Naples now, 
 and trowels for gardening. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 71746. Small pocket-knife with bone handle. (Pompeii.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXII., 
 
 71791 et seq. Carding combs, long shovel, large spring 
 shears: shears of this form still used in silk factories. Sundry 
 smaller shears , blacksmiths' cutters and pincers, axes, 
 hatchets, soldering iron, claws for drawing nails, pickaxes, 
 wedges, and hammers for chipping pavements. (P. and H.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXIII., 
 
 Hammers for carpenters and masons. f71 875. KEY for 
 raising heavy blocks of stone (as used now) , compasses : 
 callipers, masons' trowels, turnery tools, centre-bits, scalpels, 
 planes, saws, anvils, a large whetstone. (Pompeii.) 
 
 LAMPS AND LANTERNS. 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXIV., 
 
 f72180. TREBLE-WICK LAMP, fitted with three exquisite 
 double-stranded chains; a fourth chain holds the lid of the 
 reservoir. This lamp is adorned with four heads issuing 
 from garlands. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 72172. SINGLE LAMP. A small mouse on ihe spout is 
 about to gnaw the wick. (Pompeii.) 
 
 72181. LARGE TREBLE-WICK LAMP. Instead of a cover it 
 has a handsome urn over the reservoir. This lamp is 
 adorned with festoons and three masks. (Pompeii.) 
 
 Sundry small candelabra for single lamps. (P. and H.) 
 
 Seventeen lanterns. Observe especially: 
 
 *72067. LANTERN glazed with talc, bearing on the top 
 the words "Tiburti Catus S. " (Herculaneum.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXV., 
 
 72190. CANDELABRUM in the form of a cup. (Here.) 
 
 72191. CANDELABRUM formed of a fluted column. (Stabtae.) 
 92192-3. CANDELABRA, like modern candlesticks. (P.)' 
 
10 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 72195. CANDELABRUM formed of a fluted column capped 
 by a small vase, from which issue three branches. (Here.) 
 
 72246 and 72250. Treble-wick lamps hanging by a well- 
 wrought chain, and decorated with a nude dancer. (P.) 
 
 72251. Double lamp with garland and sunflower handle. 
 The cover represents a child with a goose. (Here.). 
 WALL-CASE No. XXVI., 
 
 72198. TREBLE-WICK CIRCULAR LAMP. The lid, which 
 also form a handle, is surmounted by the figure of a Harpy. 
 
 72199. SILENUS. His movement and the gestures of his 
 hands leads us to infer that he proposes to dance. Behind 
 him, a parrot on a bough which carries two lamps. (H.) 
 
 72202-3. PHRYGIAN figure on one knee. Behind him, the 
 stump of a tree with a lamp upon it. (Pompeii.) 
 
 f72206. LAMP-STAND. Silenus, seated, pouring wine from 
 a wineskin. Behind him, a stum to carry two lamps. (P.) 
 
 72279. DOUBLE-WICK LAMP. The lid represents a Satyr 
 seated on a stump, holding a pan-pipe. (Pompeii.) 
 
 72280. Double-wick lamp beautifully adorned with acan- 
 thus leaves. The lid bears a Silenus standing upright. (P.) 
 
 f72291. Handsome small CANDELABRUM. It represents 
 Cupid astride on a dolphin, which is about to devour a 
 polypus issuing from a shell. A wonderful work of art. (P.) 
 
 f72298. NIGHT-LIGHT in a saucer. The lid is perforated 
 to subdue the light. (Stabiae.) 
 WALL-CASE No. XXVII., 
 
 72226. CANDELABRUM in the form of the trunk of a tree. 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 72231. CANDELABRUM in the form of a tree, the boughs 
 supporting five double-wick lamps. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 f72336. PORTABLE LAMP with folding handle. (Stabiae.) 
 
 SECOND ROOM. 
 
 In the centre of this room is a cork model of the exca- 
 vation of Pompeii, on the scale of 1 to 100. It is extremely 
 accurate, and well worthy of attention. 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 1 1 
 
 The wooden balustrade represents the outline of the an- 
 eient ramparts, while the part painted green shows what 
 yet remains to be excavated. 
 
 The amphitheatre , which was capable of holding 12,800 
 people, was situated at the extremity of the town as shown 
 on the model. 
 
 The extent of the city is estimated at about one hundred 
 and forty acres, and the part excavated may be taken at 
 about fifty acres, leaving ninety acres still buried beneath 
 a mass of volcanic ash about twenty feet deep , whicli has 
 been cultivated and even built upon for centuries. The 
 lenght of the excavated portion is about six hundred yards, 
 and the circuit of the city two miles. 
 
 The House of Diomede and the Street of the Tombs 
 being outside the walls, are not represented on the model. 
 
 AGAINST THE BALUSTRADE OF THE MODEL, 
 
 Twelve circular leaden tanks for the impluvia of houses, 
 found in the courtyards. One of them has a bronze tap. (P.) 
 
 SAUCEPANS, PATERAE, &c. 
 
 ON THK LEFT, WALL-CASES NoS. XXXII. AND XXXIII., 
 
 SAUCEPANS, of which many are lined with silver. (P.) 
 73231. A SAUCEPAN as found at Herculancum, completely 
 full of lava and encrusted with ash. 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. XXXIV. AND XXV., 
 
 73437 et seq. PATERAE (or bowls for containing libations). 
 They are of the shape of a deep saucer, with a handle ending 
 in the head of a ram or a swan. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXXVI. (among a number of two-handled basins), 
 
 73511. BASIN with bas-relief inlaid with silver repre- 
 senting .Ethra showing her son Theseus the sword that his 
 father ^Egeus had hidden under a rock. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 WALL-CaSE NO. XXXVII, AND XXXVIII., 
 
 73535. BASIN. Two figures in bas-relief one dancing. (//.) 
 
12 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 73549. BASIN on a tripod with ornate border. The handles 
 are lions, and the sides bear four serpents. (Pompeii.) 
 
 WALL-CASES No. XXXIX. TO XLIII., 
 
 73613. BASIN with a bas-relief of a woman fashioning a 
 trophy, and Hercules with his club standing by. (Here.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XL1V., 
 
 73837. Saucepan with long handle covered with lapilli. (P.) 
 73798 et seq. LADLES used for dipping into vases. (P.) 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 78936. TRAY like a modern tea-tray, but made of bronze. 
 (Stabiae.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XLV. (SECOND CORNER OF THE ROOM), 
 73838-73863. Twenty-six funnels. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 73879-81-82. Three round stoves. (Pompeii.) 
 *73880. URN (authepsa). with two handles and lions' feet. 
 This beautiful urn is decorated with designs, and is similar 
 to the Russian samovar and the old-fashioned English tea- 
 urn. (Pompeii.) 
 
 111048. Another elegant urn on three lions' feet, and 
 ornamented with three female masks. The tap represents 
 Cupid astride on a dolphin. (1876, Pompeii.) 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 73886 et seq. Stands for vases. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 *73937. BRONZE COLLAR for slaves , bearing the inscrip- 
 tion : " Servus sum, tene quia fugio. " (7 am a slave; arrest 
 me because I am running away). 
 
 73926 et seq. SPIRAL GAUNTLETS in bronze, which gla- 
 diators wore as a protection for their wrists and ankles. 
 
 ARTICLES USED IN SACRIFICES. 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XLVI., 
 73945 et seq. Four portable altars on three legs, suppor- 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 13 
 
 ting a disc which received the blood of victims. (Pompeii.) 
 f74021-2-3. FLESH-HOOKS (harpago) for taking boiled 
 
 meat out of the caldron. They were fitted with wooden 
 
 handles. There are four similar specimens in the British 
 
 Museum. ( Canino.) 
 73983 et seq. Censers (turibula), with chains and spoons 
 
 for incense. (Pompeii and Heradaneum.) 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 74003 et seq. Mensae for the Augurs' (haruspices). They 
 are in the shape of a stool. Upon them lie the instruments 
 which were used to examine tho entrails of the victims for 
 the purposes of pretended prophecy. (Pompeii.) 
 
 Bronze letters from inscriptions. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 
 COUCHES. 
 
 IN THE CENTRE, 
 
 *786U. Five couches. Two have heads to them. The 
 wooden part painted red is a restoration; the original wood 
 was walnut. (Vibius's house of Pompeii.) 
 
 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XLVII. (Upper division), 
 
 Eighteen STEELYARDS and SCALES, complete. 
 
 74039. The sixth scale from the visitor's left bears the 
 inscription (in dotted lines): "TI. CLAUD. C^ES. &\m. VITEL. 
 in. cos. EXACTA, HI. TIC. CUBA. JEDiL.;" meaning that this 
 balance was stamped at the Capitol ii the reign of the 
 Emperor Claudius. (Pompeii.) 
 
 WALL- CASE No. IL., 
 
 f74056. Under the hook from which this specimen hangs 
 we read the inscription, "IMP. VESP. AUG. nx. T. IMP. AUG. 
 F. vi. cos. EXACTA. IN CAPiTO(fto) ; " that is to say, that it 
 was stamped in the Capitol under the eighth consulate of 
 the Emperor Vespasian, and under the sixth of Titus, which 
 corresponds to A.D. 77, two years only before the destruction 
 of Pompeii. (Stabiae.) 
 
14 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 74165. Ingenious machine for weighing liquids. It is in 
 the form of a saucepan, and was suspended by the hook 
 and chain. 
 
 LOWER DIVISION (left), 
 
 Sundry round weights in black basalt (nefritica); marked 
 in Roman figures. 
 
 74280 to 74290. Eleven round weights in bronze, marked 
 with silver numerals, X, V, HI, II, I, S or " Semis " (half), 
 for the pounds, and ::/.: S for fractions of pounds. 
 
 74308 to 74313. Six bronze WEIGHTS, in the shape of 
 goats. These are marked P.X, P.V, P.III, P.II, P.I. 
 
 *74390 to 74393. Four large weights; a PIG, bearing the 
 initials P.C (one hundred pounds) ; a CHEESE, and two huge 
 KNUCKLE-BONES. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *Leaden weights, bearing the word " EME " on one side, 
 and "HABEBIS" on the other "Buy, and you shall have." 
 {Pompeii.) 
 
 74582 et seq. Measures for oil. (Pompeii.) 
 
 74599. Measure for liquids, of the weight often pounds. 
 The Congius spoken of by Pliny. (Borgia.) 
 
 *74600-1. Dry MEASURES. Their capacity was settled by 
 the triangular crosspieces. Inscription: " D. D. p. p. HERC." 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 OUTSIDE THE WALL-CASE, 
 74602. Dry measure. (The wood is a restoration.) (P.) 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. L. AND LI., 
 Sundry kitchen utensils. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 TABLE-CASE No. LXL, 
 
 *76657 to 76667. Plummets. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 *76670 et seq. Sundry pairs of compasses. (P. and Here.) 
 
 *76684 Reducing compass. (Pompeii.) 
 
 fl 15630. CALLIPERS. This handsome specimen is exactly 
 like the instrument used by modern sculptors. (1887, JP.) 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 15 
 
 76689. Square. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *7(5690 et seq. Linear measures. (Pompeii.) 
 
 FISHING TACKLE. 
 
 76840 et seq. Netting needles, bronze and bone needles , 
 quadruple fish-hook weighted. -Four hundred fish-hooks. (P.) 
 
 109703. A RUDDER, belonging probably to a bronze statue 
 of " Abundance. " (Pompeii.) 
 
 111845. Small iron ANCHOR; the only one yet found. (P.) 
 
 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 TABLE-CASE No. LXII., 
 
 *76945 et seq. SISTRA jingling bronze rattles used in the 
 worship of Isis. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *76942. CYMBALS of two kinds (Psalm, cl. 5). (Pompeii.) 
 
 111055. A bronze wind instrument, like an organ. It 
 was fitted with a chain, apparently to be carried round the 
 neck. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *76890. BAGPIPES found in the baaracks. The " dulci- 
 mer " of Dan. iii. 5. Nero was fond of this instrument, and 
 is said to have played it in public. It is the favourite 
 instrument of the S. Italian peasantry. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *76891 et seq. FLAGEOLETS made of silver, bronze, and 
 ivory. (Pompeii.) 
 
 TOYS, DICE, AND TICKTES FOR THEATRES. 
 
 TABL^-CASE No. LXIII., 
 
 *76950 et seq. Knucklebones and dice; some constructed 
 that they might be loaded. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *77087 et seq. Sundry checks or tickets (tesserae) for 
 theatres and boxing matches, made of ivory. Observe the 
 small numbered birds made of terra-cotla. These were 
 checks for the upper row of seats, still called the " piccio- 
 naia" or pigeon-loft, in Italy. (P. and Herculaneum.) 
 
 109880. Six numbered death's-heads (use unknown). (P.) 
 
16 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 TOILET REQUISITES. 
 
 TABLE- CASE No. LXIII. (bis), 
 
 77147 et seq. Bronze clasps (fibulae). (P. and Here.} 
 
 77170. Fibula in the form of a horse. 
 
 114430. Bronze ring with the finger-bone of his owner. 
 
 77259 et seq. Bronze rings fitted with a small hey for 
 jewel-cases. (Pompeii.} 
 
 77245. Sundry rings in bone and lead, bearing initials. 
 (Pompeii.} 
 
 77174 et seq. Bronze bracelets, in the form of serpents, 
 one with a silver medallion. (1863, Pompeii.) 
 
 *77213 et seq. Five perfect metal MIRRORS. One in a 
 modern frame was found in the House of the Faun. (P.) 
 
 77291 et seq. These specimens have long been supposed 
 to be perforated boxes for perfumes, made on the principle 
 of the modern " vinaigrette " ; but , in fact , they are cases 
 for seals to be attached to parchments. The box contained 
 the seal, and two or more threads of silk attached to the 
 wax passed from the parchment through the holes. One of 
 them may be seen represented upon the large fresco from 
 the House of Pansa attached to the papyrus (see No.8598.p.2). 
 
 77298. Small rectangular bolts in ivory, for securing 
 dressing-cases or small articles of furniture. (Pompeii} ' 
 
 77318 et seq. Bone buttons and bronze studs. (P.) 
 
 77355 et seq. Ivory and bronze combs. (Pompeii.) 
 
 77363. BRONZE THIMBLE. (Pompeii.) 
 
 Small pots for cosmetics. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *77570. Pot of rock-crystal, still containing rouge. (P.) 
 
 Small flagons in alabaster and ivory, for perfumes. (P.) 
 
 SPINDLE, fitted with a bronze hook. (Pompeii.) 
 
 77518. Bronze winder , in nine divisions, for threads of 
 different colour. (Pompeii.) 
 
 80088. Small toothed wheel, used as part of a bolt. (P.) 
 We draw attention to this little specimen to show how nearly 
 the Romans had reached one of the leading principles of 
 the modern clock. 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 17 
 
 Hairpins in bone and bronze, adorned with statuettes and 
 busts; tooth-picks and earpickers. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. LII. AND LIII., 
 Kitchen pots and pans. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 COLANDERS. 
 
 CASE LXIV., IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW. 
 Colanders perforated in graceful designs. (P. and Here.) 
 77609. In the centre of this specimen a bas-relief of Venus 
 
 with silver bracelets , holding out her hand to a small 
 
 Cupid. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 NEAR THE BALUSTRADE OF THE MODEL OF POMPEII, 
 
 78579. Large CALDRON, nailed and bolted as our modern 
 steam boilers. (Pompeii.) 
 
 78580. Large FIRE-PLUG, found in the palace of Tiberius 
 at Capri. The rust of ages has sealed it hermetically. 
 
 This specimen once had water in it, which one could hear 
 by shaking it. This has now completely evaporated. 
 
 78581. Bronze grating (claustrum), found before a window 
 in Pompeii. 
 
 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS (Chirurgia.) 
 TABLE-CASE LXV., 
 
 Bistouries (surgical knives), spatula?, sounds, and tweezers, 
 some of which last belonged to lamps. 
 
 77738 et seq. "Directors." 
 
 77982. Curved dentated forceps , for removing foreign 
 substances from cavities. 
 
 TABLE CASE LXVI., 
 
 77986 et seq Fourteen bronze cupping vessels of modern 
 shape, but ours are now made of glass. 
 
 78000-1. Spoons with head of a ram and of a woman. 
 
 78003. Lancet for bleeding. 
 
 78004. Silver spoon with elegant handle. 
 
 78005. Scissors with a spring, like shears. 
 78007. FLEAM for bleeding horses. 
 
 2 
 
18 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 78008. TP.OCHAR for tapping for dropsy. A hole in the 
 end gives an exit to the water. 
 
 78012. An ELEVATOR (or instrument for raising depressed 
 portions of the skull) made of bronze. 
 
 *78026. A MALE CATHETER (acnea fistula). 
 
 *78027. A FEMALE CATHETER, 3 1/2 inches in length. 
 
 *78029. POMPEIAN FORCEPS , formed of two branches 
 crossing, and working on a pivot. It was used for crushing 
 small calculi. 
 
 *78030. SPECULUM UTERI. It is a tri- valvular dilator ; 
 the three valves, standing at right angles to the rest of the 
 instrument , are jointly dependent on each other in the 
 expansion transmitted only to one of them. When the three 
 valves are in contact, the instrument for insertion is about 
 an inch in circumference. By turning the screw, one valve 
 is drawn nearer to the operator, and this forces the other 
 two to open in a sidelong direction, producing thus a slow, 
 regular, progressive dilatation, as extensive as may be 
 required. The instrument can be held by the two curved 
 handles in the left, while the right hand turns the screw. 
 These movable handles'are similar to those fitted to modern 
 specula. (Pompeii.} 
 
 113264. SPECULUM UTERI. A quadrivalvular dilator of 
 beautiful workmanship and very scientific costruction. (P.) 
 
 *78031. SPECULUM ANI. A bi-valvular dilator, probably 
 used also for the uterus before the other one was known. 
 
 78032. Dentated forceps of elegant construction. 
 
 78121. Sound with flattened extremity, bifurcated for 
 cutting the frenum of the tongue ; as used in modern surgery. 
 
 78034 et seq. Actual cauteries. 
 
 *78071. Surgical needle. 
 
 78137. Probes found in the cases to the left of them. 
 
 78195-6. Stones for sharpening instruments. (Stabiae.) 
 
 *78235. An INJECTION PROBE for females, with eight small 
 holes arranged like wreaths. 
 
 *?ILLS, SULPHUR, and other medicaments. (SUtbiae.) 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 19 
 
 MORE SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 TABLE-CASE LXVI ('s), 
 
 On the 31. st of October 1887 the following items were 
 found in a house at Pompeii which appears to have been 
 the residence of a Medical man. 
 
 116437 et seq. Sundry forceps. 
 
 116460. Earthenware gallipot containing drugs, the nature 
 of which is unknown. 
 1 16460 (bis). Plate with similar contents. 
 
 116438 Chemist's scales. 
 
 116439 et seq. Four square bronze weights. These have 
 dots upon them to denote their value no. 116443 weighs 
 14 grammes. Besides them are three weights of black stone 
 (nefriticd). 
 
 110088. Small bronze medicine spoon. 
 116459. Stone for instruments. 
 116456. Rusty scalpel. 
 116458. Iron spring scissors. 
 
 116450. Large bronze surgical needle. 
 
 116435. Uterine dilator similar to that in the preceding 
 table-case. 
 
 116436. Anal dilator. 
 
 116451. Injecting probes. 
 116447. Bistouries. 
 
 H64i4. Bronze instrument case still containing its original 
 instruments. Sundry empty cases. 
 
 116441-2. Two inkstands in good preservation. 
 
 116453. The hinges and lock of the box which contained 
 the above specimens. 
 
 IVORY ARTICLES (Miscellaneous.) 
 TABLE-CASES Nos. LXVI I, LXVIIL, 
 
 78362 et seq. Fragments of furniture made of iron cased 
 in ivory. Ivory fragments from dressing-cases. Bone 
 spoons. (Pompeii.) 
 
20 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 1 10924. Statuette of Venus with dolphin. (Pompeii.) 
 78279. Statuette of boy wearing the " bulla patricia. " 
 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 78306. Fragments from the Curule chair. (Pompeii.) 
 109905 and -5 (bis). Two ivory panels (frame modern), 
 
 carved on both sides, used as ornaments for furniture. (P.) 
 
 78288. Small bronze skeleton. (Pompeii.) 
 
 78289. Fine ivory death's-head. 
 
 IN THE WINDOW, 
 
 The skull and the right fore-arm are so small that they 
 seem to have belonged to a young girl, who was probably 
 a member of the family of Diomede at Pompeii. One of her 
 teeth will be observed in perfect preservation. The various 
 blocks of ashes collected in this case had surrounded the 
 body, and still show the imprint of the breast, of the hands 
 and fingers, as well as of the feet. 
 
 -WRITING MATERIALS. 
 
 WALL-CASE No. LVI., 
 
 Inkstands pens, metal mirrors, serpentine bracelets. (P.) 
 75080. Inkstand still containing ink, atramentum. (P.) 
 f75091. Octagonal inkstand (found in a tomb at Terlizzi) 
 of bronze, decorated in silver, with the seven divinities who 
 presided over the seven days of the week, namely, Apollo, 
 Diana, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. 
 
 Martorelli, the archaelogist (who wrote two volumes about 
 this inkstand), thinks that it belonged to some astronomer 
 of the time of Trajan. 
 
 110672. Bronze PEN, nibbed like a modern one. (P.) 
 
 IN A TUBE OK MODERN GLASS, 
 
 75095. Pen of reed, found in a papyrus at Herculaneuna. 
 
 75099. Slabs of stone, which were covered with wax for 
 writing upon with the "stylus." 
 
 75113. Two bone '-styli." Pointed at one end and flat at 
 the other, to rub out what one had written. (Pompeii.) 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 21 
 
 80111. BRACELET on the bone of a right arm. (P.) 
 75114. Bronze squares from the front of a strong box. 
 
 SADDLERY. 
 
 WALL-CASE (NEXT THE DOOR) LVII., 
 
 CATTLE BELLS, HARNESS, &c. Large number of bells for 
 cattle. By pulling a wire in the side of this case , one of 
 these bells is made to ring. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 74578. Small model of a BIGA, of very great interest, as 
 showing us the form of Pompeian vehicles. (Pompeii.) 
 
 HARNESS FOR HORSES, consisting of scrolls, sprays, bits, 
 nosebands, pole-heads, curb-chains, spurs, a stirrup (?), 
 buckles, and other objects which can be readily identified. 
 
 75537. A fragment representing a blacksmith in the act 
 of paring a hoof. 
 
 KITCHEN UTENSILS. 
 
 WALL-CASE LVIII, 
 
 PASTRY MOULDS in the shape of shells. (P. and H.) 
 
 76352 et seq. Four SHAPES, representing a hare, a pig, a 
 ham, and half a fowl. (Pompeii.) 
 
 76336. IMPLEMENTS for making pastry. Pastry cutters. 
 
 76349. Cheese-graters. Bronze kinives and spoons. (P.) 
 
 WALL-CASE LIX, 
 
 76543. Large EGG FRAME, capable of cooking twenty-nine 
 eggs at once. (Inn, Pompeii.) 
 
 76540-1. Very handsome andirons (?). 
 
 Tart dishes, frying-pans , gridirons , tongs , artistic fire- 
 shovels, kitchen trivets. An iron trivet, much oxidised and 
 covered with lapilli , with a pot firmly stuck to it by the 
 oxidisation. Seven spits. 
 
 Hanging up against the wall near the door, 
 
 78622. A bronze BELL, shaped like a gong. (Pompeii.) 
 It has a beautiful tone, which may be heard by swinging 
 the clapper which hangs before it. 
 
THE COLLECTION OF GEMS. 
 
 (Oggetti preziosi.J 
 
 This collection has recently been scientifically arranged, 
 and is divided into four principal sections, namely, Gold 
 Ornaments, Silver Plate, Engraved Gems, and Cameos. 
 
 The gold ornaments are very varied, and many of them 
 are of extremely beautiful design. Some of them were found 
 in Greek tombs in the South Italian provinces, but the 
 majority are of the Roman period, and were discovered in 
 the excavations at Pompeii. 
 
 The collection of Silver Plate is perhaps the most 
 important extant, and shows a wonderful excellence of 
 design and execution. 
 
 CAMEOS AND INTAGLIOS. 
 
 This collection consists of about a thousand specimens , 
 many of which bear the name of Lorenzo de' Medici , and 
 came from the Farnese collection. The ancient specimens 
 are marked "Ant.." (Antique) and the medieval ones "xv." 
 (fifteenth century). 
 
 TAZZA FARNESE. 
 
 IN THE WINDOW, 
 
 *276H..Cup OF ORIENTAL SARDONYX of inestimable merit 
 and value , found either in the Castle of Sant' Angela at 
 Rome, or in Hadrian's villa at Tivoli. It came into the 
 possession of Duke Charles of Bourbon when he was besieging 
 Rome, and was already disfigured by a hole in the centre, 
 which had been bored through it with the view, no doubt, 
 of fixing it on a stand. It is the only known cameo of its 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 23 
 
 size which has a composition engraved on both sides of it. 
 On the outer side is a magnificent Medusa, and on the inner 
 eight figures in relief representing Ptolemy Philadelphus 
 consecrating the harvest festival instituted by Alexander 
 the Great after the foundation of Alexandria. (Ant.) 
 
 FIRST TABLE. FIRST COMPARTMENT (next Window.) 
 
 25833 to 25899. (Note especially.) 
 
 i. Onyx. THE EDUCATION OF BACCHUS. The infant god, 
 mounted on a lion led by a nymph, is held up by one of 
 the Nysiades; behind, Nysa seated. Ant. 
 
 5. Onyx. NEPTUNE and PALLAS disputing about the name 
 to be given to a rising city. Inscribed 'HY probably meaning 
 Pyrgotele. Ant. 
 
 *6. Onyx. DAEDALUS and ICARUS. Two females admiring 
 the prodigy probably Pasiphae and Diana Dictyna per- 
 sonifying fhe Cretan City. xv. 
 
 8. Oriental Onyx. TRIUMPH of BACCHUS and SILENUS. The 
 car is drawn by two Psyches , the reins held by Cupid , 
 while another pushes the car. Ant. 
 
 *16. Onyx. JUPITER overwhelming the Titans. Legend, 
 
 AOHNIftN. Ant. 
 
 17. Onyx.. COCK-FIGHT, in presence of two Cupids, one 
 lamenting his defeat, the other victorious. Ant. 
 19. Sardonyx. HEAD of OMPHALE. Ant. 
 25. Sardonyx. HOMER; name on the mantle. Ant. 
 *30. Agate. JUPITER SERAPIS, in high-relief. Ant. 
 *32. Agate. Head of MEDUSA. Ant. 
 38. Agate. OTHRYADES dying. Ant. 
 f41. Sardonyx. SATYR dancing. A fragment. Ant. 
 f44. Sardonyx. AUGUSTUS. Attributed to Dioscorides. 
 f47. Onyx. AURORA in her chariot. Ant. 
 *48. Oriental Onyx. A FAUN carrying the infant Bacchus. 
 52. Onyx. A fine head, perhaps CICERO. Ant. 
 55. Oriental Onyx. VENUS and CUPID. 
 f57. Sardonyx. CENTAUR. Ant. 
 
24 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 *60. Oriental Onyx. SCULPTOR chisselling a vase. Ant. 
 
 *65. Agate. DIRGE'S PUNISHMENT. Fragment. 
 
 1857. Onyx enammelled. VESTAL , a superb head. Ant- 
 
 SECOND COMPARTMENT. 
 
 25900 to 26042. 
 
 69. Agate. Ariobarzanus III., king of Cappadocia (?). Ant. 
 
 77. Sardonyx. DOMITIAN. Laurel crowned, xv. 
 
 86. Onyx. HERCULES strangling the serpents. Ant. 
 
 90. Sapphire. Veiled head of LIVIA. xv. 
 
 93. Emerald. Lotus-crowned head of Isis. Ant. 
 
 99. Lapis-lazuli. Tiberius crowned with laurel, xv. 
 
 105. Emerald. Bust of JUPITER SERAPIS. Ant. 
 
 123. Jacinth. CLEOPATRA, xv. 
 
 124. Onyx. MARSYAS bound and MERCURY. Ant. 
 134. Onyx. Leda and the swan. Ant. 
 
 147. Sardonyx. HERCULES and the lion. xv. 
 
 154. Onyx. GANYMEDE AND THE EAGLE, xv. 
 
 167. Garnet. SAMSON, with legend, xv. 
 
 171. Agate. DOMITIAN. xv. 
 
 f!88. Sardonyx. AURORA on a quadriga. Ant. 
 The artist adapted the different strata of the stone to give 
 each horse a distinct colour. According to Winckelmann, 
 their colours indicate dawn, day, twilight, and night. 
 
 193. Onyx. CUPID; legend *iA.n, I love. Ant. 
 
 197. Onyx. Hand pulling an ear; MNHMONETE, remember. 
 Ant. 
 
 198. Onyx. Hand- in-hand, OMONOIA concord. Ant. 
 201. Onyx. GANYMEDE home by the eagle. Ant. 
 f203. Agate. THETIS on a dolphin , with Triton and 
 
 Zephyr, xv. 
 206. Glass. Tiberius. (Pompeii.} 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 25 
 
 INTAGLIOS. 
 
 SECOND TABLE FIRST COMPARTMENT. 
 
 26043 to 26209. 
 
 *209. Cornelian. AJAX and Cassandra at the Palladium. A. 
 
 f214. Chrysolite. PALLAS, xv. 
 
 f215. Chalcedony. ANTONINUS Pius (?). xv. 
 
 221. Carnelian. SOLON. Legend,- soAnNOS. Ant. 
 
 228. Amethyst. IOLE ; a fine head. xv. 
 
 230. Sapphire. Fine bust of JUNO. Ant. 
 
 231. Carnelian. Head of MARCUS AURELIUS. Ant. 
 *232. Amethyst. DIANA with AJIOAAQNIOS inscribed in 
 
 Greek. A gem of great celebrity. Ant. 
 f234. Calcedony. ACTOR with a mask. xv. 
 244. Beryl. Head of SERGIUS GALBA. xv. 
 248. Carnelian. THE CAR OF THE SUN. Ant. 
 250. Amethyst. ANTONINUS Pius. Ant. 
 
 253. Amethyst. THETIS on two sea-horses. Ant. 
 
 254. Carnelian. PERSEUS with Medusa's head. Inscribed 
 "Dioscorides." Ant. 
 
 256. Carnelian. HADRIAN, crowned. Ant. 
 268. Carnelian. Fine head of PLATO, xv. 
 276. Carnelian. JULIUS C^SAR. xv. 
 287. Garnet. Bust of CLEOPATRA. Ant. 
 Carnelian. (The first stone from the left , without a 
 number). Handsome bust of JUNO. (Pompeii.) 
 329. Sardonyx. MARS crowned by Victory. Ant. 
 
 SECOND COMPARTMENT. 
 
 26210 to 26389. 
 
 f390. Carnelian. SACRIFICE. Group of 18 figures, xv. 
 408. Carnelian. SILENUS upon an ass. Group, xv. 
 413. Carnelian. PESCENNIUS. Inscribed "Pescennio". xv. 
 417. Sanguine Jasper. SACRIFICE, xv. 
 419. Carnelian. LIVIA and TIBERIUS. Group, xv. 
 439. Carnelian. Strength conquered by Beauty. 
 
26 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 455. Sardonyx. CUPID dedicating one wing to the Sun. xv. 
 473. Chalcedony. AFRICA PERSONIFIED. Engraved with 
 unintelligible characters. Ant. 
 
 OTHER INTAGLIOS AND CAMEOS. 
 
 THIRD TABLE FIRST COMPARTMENT. 
 
 26390 to 26766. 
 Intaglios of less importance. 
 
 SECOND COMPARTMENT. 
 
 26767 to 26965. 
 (CAMEOS). 
 
 961. Agate. MINERVA, fully armed. Bust. xv. 
 967. Onyx. AURORA in her chariot. Ant. 
 988. Onyx. THE THREE GRACES, xv. 
 1003. Onyx. MINERVA, xv. 
 f!021. Lapis-lazuli. MINERVA armed, xv. 
 f!024. Onyx. ALEXANDER THE GREAT, xv. 
 1044. Onyx. M.-ECENAS (?). xv. 
 1046. Agate. SOCRATES, xv. 
 
 FOURTH TABLE FIRST COMPARTMENT. 
 
 26966 to 27123. 
 
 1162. Agate. Head of Cicero, KI-KE-PO. Ant. 
 A necklace of scarabs. 
 
 SECOND COMPARTMENT. 
 
 27124 to 27348. 
 
 1375. Green Jasp. Aurora, xv. 
 
 f!352. A bulla mounted with gold wire, representing a 
 man and his wife. Some think that this a portrait of Marcus 
 Aurelius and Faustina. Ant. 
 
 FIFTH TABLE. 
 
 27349 to 27610. 
 Many portraits in intaglio. 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 27 
 
 1520. Sardonyx. Jupiter. Bust. xv. 
 
 1540. Sea-shell. Three Cupids drawing water, xv. 
 
 1701 et seq. Agates. Perfume vases. Ant. 
 
 Agate. A knuckle-bone. Ant. 
 
 Large silver-gilt rings belonging to Cardinal Farnese. 
 Some similar rings are exhibited in the Musee Cluny at 
 Paris. 
 
 LAST TABLE. 
 
 One hundred and forty intaglios and stone all from 
 recent excavations at Pompeii. Observe especially the 
 numbers'27651,-27666,-27653,-14565,-1 4566,-2761 7,-l 1 4562, 
 and in the last row a beautiful glass intaglio (n. 109579) 
 representing a Minerva standing. 
 
 SILVER. 
 
 In an upright glass case : 
 
 CUPS AND VASES. 
 
 TOP SHELF, 
 
 25289. Silver PAIL with bronze handle decorated with a 
 bas-relief of a lady at her bath. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25376-77-80-81. Four BACCHIC CUPS executed in ma- 
 gnificent high relief, representing Centaurs and Genii. (P.) 
 
 15367. CUP representing in bas-relief Minerva in a chariot 
 drawn by two horses. (Pompeii.) 
 
 25565. Fragment of a cup representing chariots, driven 
 by children. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25301. Mortar representing the Apotheosis of Homer. One 
 of the most famous specimens of ancient silver work. In the 
 centre is the poet draped and veiled, borne heavenwards 
 by an eagle. On the right a female figure representing the 
 Odyssey. On the left is the Iliad personified armed cap-a-pic. 
 (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25681. CUP adorned with Bacchic figures. 
 
 111149. MORTAR adorned with bas-relief representing 
 
28 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 Theseus fighti ng against one of the Amazones on horseback 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 SECOND SHELF, 
 25284-5-8. Three BOWLS on tripod stands of Renaissance 
 
 work. (Rome.) 
 
 25343. CENSER with cover and chains. (Herculaneum.) 
 3571o. Two SYSTRA. A musical instrument. (Pompeii.) 
 25722 and 110841. Two BOTTLES for liquids: one with 
 
 chains. (Pompeii.) 
 
 THIRD SHELF, 
 
 25691 el seq. Six pitchers. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 111768-9. Two large pitchers with two handles. Each 
 
 weighs about 10 Ibs. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 GOLD ORNAMENTS. 
 
 (Greek and Etruscan.) 
 
 FIRST DIVISION (on the left)^ 
 
 f25234 et seq. A pair of very large earrings of pyramidal 
 shape. A ring, with an agate intaglio representing an 
 Amazon and a small gold coin of Syracuse representing a 
 portrait of a woman. (Gift of Baron d'Arbou Castillon 1864 
 found in a tomb at Taranto). 
 
 24852. GOLD BULL with PhoBnician and Greek inscription 
 (Syracuse.) 
 
 24826. KID in massive gold from Edessa in Mesopotamia. 
 (Borgia Collection.) 
 
 24876-8. Two perfume vases in blue glass mounted on 
 a gold stand. (Venosa.) 
 
 Ten necklaces. The following are the most remarkable: 
 
 *24883. Splendid necklace formed of twenty-one Silenus 
 masks and fifty-eight acorns and fleurs-de-lys. (Armenia.) 
 
 *24858. NECKLACE OF LACE-WORK, with elegantly woven 
 pendants. 
 
 42/J 27Necklace consisting of seven gold parallelograms. 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 29 
 
 24862. Necklace with blue beads threaded upon it , to 
 which are attached nineteen masks of Jove, Medusa, and 
 Silenus. ( Chiusi.) 
 
 24887. Necklace of a gold chain with garnets. In the centre 
 a small octagonal column of garnet. (Sant'Agata dei Goti.) 
 
 BETWEEN THE NECKLACES, 
 
 24893. GOLD TIARA formed of a curved spray with leaves 
 and flowers set with garnets, and small gold butterflies. 
 (Fasano.) 
 
 24854-5-6. Three specimens of beautiful workmanship 
 representing cornucopiae with lions' heads. These are thought 
 to have been earrings. (Capua.) 
 
 Below them, a pair of earrings in the shape of butterflies. 
 
 Among fourteen rings, observe a ring 25157 set with 
 an emerald plasma which is thought to have contained 
 poison. (Ruvo.) 
 
 24844. Fillet, with a head of Medusa, in relief. (Toro.) 
 
 *24865 et seq. NINE BROOCHES (fibulae), artistically wrought 
 in filagree, ending in the head of a ram in Etruscan Style. 
 
 (Roman Period.). 
 
 25000. LARGE GOLD LAMP, weighing nearly two pounds, 
 and having its handle formed of a leaf. It is the only gold 
 lamp yet found in Pompeii. (Grammes 896). 
 
 EARRINGS. 
 
 SECOND WALL (first and second divisions}, 
 
 *Two hundred and fifty two gold earrings, of which 
 hundred and two are in the shape of a segment of an apple, 
 and many are drops with a pearl as a pendant ; seventeen 
 represent genii, two are of the shape of almonds, and others 
 are set with emeralds. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 RINGS. 
 
 Three hundred and twenty-three gold rings, most of 
 them set with fine stones. 
 
30 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 The first five rows consist of rings from Pompeii , and 
 the last two rows of rings from Herculaneum. Note ; 
 
 fin the .second row a ring 25181 bearing a mask 
 engraved on carnelian, which was found at Pompeii by 
 King Charles HI, who wore it for many years. When this 
 King inherited the throne of Spain, he handed over the 
 ring to the Museum. 
 
 24732-3-4. Three rings with the finger-bones of their 
 owners. (Pompeii.} 
 
 The provenance of the rings in the next compartment is 
 unknown, with a few unimportant exceptions which came 
 from the Campanian provinces. 
 
 Among them will be found 
 
 A very large ring of unusual shape, with fragment of 
 glazing. Thought to have been a perfume ring. (Here.} 
 
 24902. Gold ring. Man and woman shaking hands. 
 Probably an engagement ring. (Ponza). 
 
 25085. Very large head of Brutus engraved on gold , 
 grammes 3,50. (S. Maria di Capua). Inscribed "ANASIAAS 
 EIIOEI ". 
 
 The last row consists of rings of the fifteenth century. 
 Note high-relief of woman in onyx. 
 
 NECKLACES. 
 
 THIRD DIVISION, 
 
 Thirty-two necklaces. Note especially; 
 
 1111U. Two vine-leaf necklaces, one of forty-eight and 
 the other of forty-six leaves. (Pompeii.) 
 
 fl 13576. REMARKABLE NECKLACE of ribbon wire set with 
 eight large pearls and nine emeralds. At one end of it is 
 a gold disc set with an emerald, at the other end is a hook. 
 This is one of the richest necklaces of antiquity. (Length 
 315 millimetres). (Found near Pompeii, 1884). 
 
 24650. BULL^E PATRICLE. These trinkets were worn 
 round the necks of patrician boys in Roman times , and 
 were dedicated to the gods when the boys arrived at man's 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 31 
 
 estate. They were called "bullw" (bubbles) from their 
 shape, and are represented on the statues of boys of noble 
 birth. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25260. LONG GOLD CHAIN, beautifully worked. This chain 
 was found, together with several of the gold ornaments 
 already described, on the first floor of a house at Pompeii, 
 where eleven persons (whose skeletons were found) had 
 taken refuge. (Length, 2 3/4 yards). 
 
 24845-6. Two handsome brooches, to which two gold 
 pomegranates have been suspended. 
 
 24857. LION and SPHINX brooch. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25222-3. In the flat case are two remarkable buttons with 
 seated female figures in red enamel. (Pompeii.) 
 
 BRACELETS. 
 
 FOURTH DIVISION, 
 
 Eighty-one bracelets of various kinds. 
 
 *24825. Two large serpeatine bracelets, weighing two 
 pounds (the largest yet found). (House of the Faun, P.) 
 
 109587. BRACELET of gold wire twisted into figures of 8. 
 (Pompeii.} 
 
 *24842. BRACELET of two cornucopia? wiih lions' heads. 
 (Herculaneum.) 
 
 The flat portion of this case contains some gold leaf, a 
 purse made of gold network, lady's hair-net of gold wire 
 in perfect preservation, fillets in gold braid. 
 
 ROCK CRYSTAL, AMBER. 
 
 FIFTH DIVISION, 
 
 Many fragments of rock crystal representing insects, cups, 
 a spoon, &c. Several agate scent bottles. (Pompeii.) 
 
 f27613. A CIRCULAR PIECE OF GLASS , usually called a 
 magnifying lens. This unique specimen has given rise to 
 much discussion. (Pompeii.) 
 
 Several fragments of amber, among them a small statuette 
 
32 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 (25813) of a man wearing a wig, and wrapped in a mantle. 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 The rest of the amber was found at Ruvo. 
 
 25810. A cock and a parrot in mother-of-pearl. 
 
 OTHERS OBJECTS IN SILVER. 
 
 LEFT CORNER, WALL-CASE, NEAR THE WINDOW, 
 
 A box containing fragments of silver from furniture de- 
 corations; much oxydised and mingled with lapilli. (P.) 
 Silver crescent, tweezers and clasps. (Pompeii.) 
 Bracelets, brooches, rings, necklace, and two strigils hung 
 on a ring. 
 
 RIGHT CORNER, WALL-CASE, NEAR THE WINDOW, 
 
 Many cups with saucers, in very good preservation. (P.) 
 NEXT WALL, 
 
 25695. Silver trays, one oblong, the others round. (#.) 
 WALL-CASE BEYOND THE DOOR (hanging from top shelf), 
 
 25494. BRONZE SUN-DIAL faced with silver, in the shape 
 of a ham. The hours are indicated by radiating lines , 
 across which run irregular horizontal lines. Below these 
 are the names of the months. The tail served as a gnomon. 
 (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25496. Beneath the dial two delicate silver colanders are 
 suspended. (Herculaneum,) 
 
 CUPS. 
 
 Twenty eight cups, among which, two chased cups. 
 
 25372. Handsome vase with spiral ornament surmounted 
 with the head of a woman with her hair dressed in modern 
 style. 
 
 Pastry-mould in the shape of a shell. 
 
 Spoons of various shapes. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 Small spoons with pointed ends , which are thought to 
 have served as forks. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 33 
 
 Sixteen saucepans,, the handles engraved with designs. 
 Sauce-ladles. (Pompeii and HerctUaneum.) 
 
 LAST WALL-CASE (top shelf}, 
 
 Several cups adorned with exquisite foliage. Observe; 
 
 *25287. BACCHIC CUP, worked in bas-relief of ivy. 
 
 U 25300. Mortar-shaped cup adorned with beautiful leaves 
 and sprays. (Pompeii.} 
 
 25495. Satyr seated on a rock playing the lyre before a 
 hermes. (Herculanewn.) 
 
 109688. Diminutive skeleton very well executed. (P.) 
 
 f25490. THE DEATH OF CLEOPATRA. A very fine bas- 
 relief on the reverse of a circular mirror. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25489. ABUNDANCE. Circular plaque, of perfect preser- 
 vation. (Pompeii.) 
 
 109331. Male figure seated beneath a tree. (Here.) 
 
 25492-3. DIANA AND APOLLO. Two medallions in high- 
 relief. 
 
 25699. A man and a woman conversing. Silver inlaid 
 on copper. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25482-3. Two arms well moulded, belonging probably to 
 a statuette. 
 
 25497-8. Two hairpins, one representing Venus and Cupid, 
 the other Venus and Adonis. (Pompeii.) 
 
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TIPOGRAFIA EOITRICE E. PIETROCOLA NAPOLI 
 
SMALL BRONZES. 
 
 This collection of small bronzes numbering some thirteen 
 thousand specimens, nearly all found in Pompeii or Her- 
 culaneum, is the unique feature of the Naples Museum. 
 
 This department never fails to interest the passing visitor, 
 while it is a mine of wealth to the antiquary, as it contains 
 many perfect specimens of the every day articles of personal 
 use and ornament which eighteen centuries ago were con- 
 nected with the public and private life of the Roman citizens. 
 All these articles, from the elaborate Curule chair to the 
 most common kitchen utensil , are designed and executed 
 with an artistic grace which reaches the acme of perfection 
 and elegance. Their number alone is sufficient to stock 
 several museums, and such in the elegance of their form 
 and the perfection of their execution that they are no doubt 
 correctly attributed to Greek artistis, who alone would be 
 likely to carry their taste for ornament into such minute 
 details. 
 
 The difference between the work of these Pompeian artists 
 and that of the artificers of our utilitarian age is especially 
 noticeable in this rooms. Everything in a Roman house 
 displayed the master hand of the artist in an unaffected 
 but quite unmistakable manner; whereas our household 
 chattels, being made to a pattern and in vast numbers , 
 though they answer their purpose admirably , may justly 
 be treated as being the production of a mechanical age, 
 testifying rather to the skill of the artisan than to the taste 
 of the artist. 
 
 The painting on the walls are of no artistic merit. Is espe- 
 cially notewhorthy the Judgment of Salomon, and exploits 
 of the Farnese family. 
 
 " The asterisk (*) denotes the specimens illustrated in Si- 
 gnor Monaco's large work , and the dagger ({) other no- 
 teworthy objects. 
 
 1 
 
2 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 FIRST ROOM. 
 
 IN THE CENTRE, 
 
 *72983. (On an antique marble table). ECONOMIC KITCHENER 
 or BRAZIER , in the shape of a rectangular fortress, with 
 towers at the angles. The embers were laid in the centre, 
 <->nd the fire was surrounded by a jacket of water contained 
 in the conduit beneath the battlements. The water could 
 be drawn off by a tap in one of the sides. Spits for 
 roasting were laid across the embrasures. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 72984. A rectangular brazier, with four castors. (P.) 
 
 72985. Bronze bench on five feet. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *73018. CYLINDRICAL STOVE (calidarium) , of exquisite 
 beauty. It stands on three lions' feet and has four handles, 
 of which two are fastened to the sides by models of human 
 hands. On the upper part are two handles, each of them 
 formed by two spirited wrestlers. (1863, Pompeii.) 
 
 THIS STOVE STANDS ON 
 
 73019. A round marble table which served as the base 
 of a fountain. The water flowed away through the lions' 
 masks on the edge. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 109831. Brazier with original ashes in it. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *72986. ( Upon a modern marble table ). ECONOMIC 
 KITCHENER, consisting of a covered cylindrical boiler, 
 communicating with a hollow semicircle, provided with a 
 tap. The fire within the semicircle heated the boiler, and 
 the three swans upon it are constructed to carry a saucepan. 
 (Stabiae.) 
 
 f72987. Bronze pedestal of a table formed of a rectan- 
 gular column, surmounted by a bearded head of Bacchus 
 bearing a cup. In front of the column a charming " Victory," 
 holding a martial trophy in her right hand, rests her feet 
 upon a globe. (Pompeii.) 
 
 73145. (On a column.) Splendid vase \\ith four handlos 
 decorated with female busts and richly inlaid with silver. 
 (Herculanenm.) 
 
SMALL BRONZES (FIRST ROOM). 3 
 
 111047. Folding table in bronze, with "semisanto" marble 
 top. The edge of this table is inlaid with silver. (Pompeii.) 
 *72988. BISELLIUM with ornamentation in copper. (P.) 
 72989. Brazier damascened in copper. (Pompeii.) 
 73020-1-2. THREE SAFES (arcae) all found empty. The 
 centre one, which is of iron, is the finest. Its observe is 
 adorned with bronze nails and two busts of Diana in relief; 
 between them, the head of a wild boar. Beneath, two busts 
 of genii of Bacchus, and the mask of a Bacchante. (P.) 
 
 IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE THREE SAFES STANDS, 
 
 *109983 and 111764. Two PULVINARIA, used by the 
 ancients for the Penates and the sacred vessels at the 
 Lectisternia, important festivals, when the gods were placed 
 at table as if they partook of the sacrifice. (Pompeii.) 
 
 f78673. Two-handled ewer of very remarkable construc- 
 tion, supported on three Sphinxes with lions' claws, and 
 intended for heating water. (Pompeii.) 
 
 THIS KWER STAND ON, 
 
 78613. A small round table. The three legs represent 
 greyhounds jumping up. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *72990. LAYER for lustral water. (Pompeii.) 
 
 72991. BRAZIER. The observe and reverse are adorned 
 with Genii, head of Medusa, and two lion's masks. (P.) 
 
 72992. BISELLIUM adorned with the heads of asses. (P.) 
 
 72993. Small tripod on lions' claws for sacrifices. (Here.) 
 
 72994. FOLDING TABLE. These legs have acanthus leaves 
 on the upper parts, from which young satyrs are ermer- 
 ging, each one holding a rabbit under his arm. (Pompeii.) 
 
 73115. (On a column). Ewer, the handle of which repre- 
 sents a winged figure standing on a Cupid who clasps a 
 swan. Very fine. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *72995. (Under glass, on a Pompeian mosaic table). SA- 
 CRIFICIAL TRIPOD, of exquisite execution adorned with 
 beautiful arabesques and bearded heads of Jupiter Ammon. 
 The legs are braced together by elegant sprays of lotus 
 
4 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 flowers. The basin is adorned with festoons and the skulls 
 of bulls. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 72997. Double iron ring used as stocks. Lock missing. (P.) 
 
 *72998. STOCKS found in the barracks at Pompeii. Four 
 skeletons were found in this terrible instrument, the sud- 
 denness of the calamity not permitting of their release. (P.) 
 
 fl09697. (On, a round marble table). BRONZE VASE, on a 
 quadrangular base. This vase is one of the finest in the 
 collection, and especially remarkable for its handles. (P.) 
 
 fH1050. SMALL CHAIR WITH BACK; the only specimen 
 of its kind. The woodwork is modern. (1876, Pompeii.} 
 
 *73000. ( Under glass, on a Pompeian mosaic table). CAN- 
 DELABRUM formed of a decorated Corinthian column. Four 
 branches issue from the top of the column, from which 
 double-wick lamps hang by four-stranded chains. Upon 
 the left angle of the base , which is inlaid in silver, we 
 observe a fine group of Acratus (a genius of Bacchus) 
 mounted on a panther, the rhyton in his hand, and opposite 
 to him a small altar, upon which burns the sacred fire. 
 (House of Diomede, Pompeii.) 
 
 73144. A very fine ewer found in a Greek tomb. (Locri.) 
 
 73003 and 73007. Tho baths , the only bronze ones yet 
 discovered. (Pompeii.) 
 
 f73005. GREAT BRAZIER found in the tepidarium of the 
 baths near the Temple of Fortune at Pompeii. 
 BEHIND THE BRAZIER, 
 
 73017. Four-legged bench from the public baths. (P.) 
 
 Six CANDELABRA, adapted to a single lamp. They are 
 telescopic, and constructed to take to pieces in a very in- 
 genious and simple manner. (Pompeii.) 
 
 Sundry circular braziers ornamented with reliefs. (Pom- 
 peii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 73146. (On a column). A very fine bronze vase, the 
 handles of which represent a combat of gladiators. (H.) 
 
 73016. IRON STOVE covered with lapilli. It has places for 
 two saucepans, and the bottom is of fire-brick. (Pompeii.) 
 
SMALL BRONZES (FIRST ROOM). 5 
 
 SURROUNDING THE ROOM, 
 A large number of candelabra, or lamp-stands. (P. and H.) 
 
 ON THE TOP OF THE WALL-CASES, 
 
 Sundry kettles and amphorae. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. I., (TO THE LEFT ON ENTERING), 
 68763 et seq. BRONZE BASKETS of very elegant form. (P.) 
 
 WALL-CASE N. II., 
 
 68808 et seq. Ten garden stools. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 68823 et seq. Small pans, with spouts and nozzles. (P.) 
 68843 te 47. Five flattened globular water-bottles, of the 
 
 same shape as European soldier use now. (Pompeii.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. III., 
 
 *68851. PAILS (hydriae). These water-buckets are richly 
 inlaid with arabesques and animals in silver and copper. 
 Observe especially nos. 68854, and 68866. (P. and H.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. IV., 
 
 68935 et seq. JUGS similar to those now used for oil. (P.) 
 WALL-CASE No. V., 
 
 A large number of JUGS, with three lips, and one handle, 
 of highly artistic form. Observe Nos. 69044 to 69048. These 
 jugs were for table use. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 Twelve praefericula, with single lip and handle. (P.) 
 *69087. LIBATION CUP, of very beautiful execution. The 
 
 edge is surmounted by an eagle with its wings spread out. 
 
 The handle is formed by a swan. (Nocera.) 
 
 OUTSIDE, ON A COLUMN, UNDER GLASS, 
 
 f69089. Libation cup of oblong shape. This is quite a 
 unique specimen. (Ruco.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. VI., 
 Several MILK-JUG with one handle. Ob?erve those called 
 
6 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 " a petto d' oca " that is, " goose-breasted; " especially. 
 (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 f69174. LIBATION CUP (rhytori) , representing the jhead 
 of a stag with silver eyes. The mouth, being,, partly open, 
 allowed the liquid to flow out. Examples of the use of this 
 vessel may be seen in the frescoes downstairs. (Here.} 
 
 WALL-CASE No. VII , 
 
 Observe Nos. 69317 to 69322, and 69318. A JUG, orna- 
 mented with two griffins resting their claws upon an urn. 
 (Pompeii.} 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. VIII. TO XI. (SECOND CORNER OF THE ROOM), 
 Large number of vases, which, to judge by the ornaments 
 on their handles, were used for household purposes. The 
 handles are specially beautiful, and an endless variety of 
 elegant form is displayed in their construction. (P. and H.) 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. XII, TO XIV., 
 
 Two-handled ewers for household purposes. (P. and H.) 
 69725 et seq. CINERARY URNS, made of lead. (Pompeii.) 
 
 FOUNTAIN JETS AND SPRAYS. 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. XV, AND XVI. (THIRD CORNER OF THE ROOM), 
 69762 et seq. Ten tiger heads for fountains. (Here.) 
 69784-9. A PEACOCK with spreading tail; a column capped 
 with three dolphins; a pine-cone; a serpent; a cylindrical 
 and a conical vase with jets . all forming a group for a 
 fountain. These specimens are set up on wood to show 
 their exact position as found. (1853, Pompeii.) 
 69799 et seq. Thirty-two taps and a lead pipe. (Pompeii.) 
 79838 et seq. Four gratings made of perforated lead for 
 gutters, and several oblong pans. (Pompeii.) 
 
 IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW, 
 
 *73153. CURULE CHAIR (sclla cunilis), made to fold. Its 
 four crossed legs are fastened by two nails with large heads 
 (Herculaneum.) 
 
SMALL BRONZES (FIRST ROOM). 7 
 
 FIRST TABLE-CASE No. XXVIII., 
 
 One hundred and forty-three vase handles, finely exe- 
 cuted and adorned with heads and arabesques. 
 
 72582-3. Two serpentine handles, each serpent holding a 
 cockchafer in his mouth. 
 
 f72592. Very fine handle , representing a Phrygian with 
 a pair of shoes on, and his feet crossed. (Pompeii.) 
 
 f72600. SUPERB HANDLE, the gem of the collection, 
 adorned with arabesques and inlaid in silver, with head of 
 Medusa. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 72637. HANDLE. Apollo holding the lyre and the plectrum. 
 Below, a swan with spreading wings. (Pompeii.) 
 
 NEXT TABLE-CASE No. XXIX., 
 
 72722-3. Two legs of a table, with lions' claws, each re- 
 presenting an armless Sphinx issuing from three leaves. (P.) 
 
 72727 et seq. Four legs of a table, with greyhound claws. 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 BATHING REQUISITES. 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XVII., 
 
 *STRIGILS (strigilis), used by the ancients after gymnastic 
 exercises and vapour baths to scrape off the perspiration 
 and the ointments. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 699J4. Complete apparatus for Roman hath, consisting, of 
 an opening ring upon which are strung four strigils , one 
 patera, and one ointment-pot. Observe n. 115732. (P.) 
 
 Sundry small pots (guttu* or unyuentarium) in bronze or 
 alabaster, for containing perfumed ointments. (P. and H.) 
 
 LOCKS AND KEYS. 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. XVIII TO XX., 
 
 70981 et seq. Long borders inlaid with silver, serving as 
 horizontals for bedsteads. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *LOCKS in bronze and iron. Some have keys. (P. and 
 Herculaneum.) 
 
8 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 Sundry keys of all sizes , some of which are very com- 
 plicated. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 71283 et seq. Padlocks, very curious. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *71401. IRON KEY, carefully made and inlaid with silver. 
 It was found upon one of skeletons of the family Of Dio- 
 mede, in the cellar of his house at Pompeii. 
 
 71392 et seq. Bolts of locks. Sundry hinges. (P. and H.) 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 71629 and 71630. Two large hinges from one of the city 
 gates of Pompeii. 
 
 TABLE-CASE No. XXX., 
 
 Ornaments for doors and furniture, including tragic and 
 comic masks and busts ; heads of lions , horses , and other 
 animals, with movable rings in their mouths. (P. and H.) 
 
 TABLE-CASE No. XXXT., 
 
 72898 et seq. HANDLES for vases , formed of dolphins , 
 foliage and human hands STATUETTES serving as handles 
 for vases. (Pompeii and HerctUnneum.) 
 
 f72966-7. Four KNOCKERS with movable ring. These 
 represent in bas-relief superb heads of Medusa with silver 
 eyes and teeth. (1870, Pompeii.) 
 
 f72981. Vase handle with winged Genii in bas-relief, 
 having their heads pillowed on their entwined arms, and 
 (on the sides) two Tritons with cuirasses in a striking at- 
 titude. In Elruscan style. Duplicate in the British Museum. 
 (Borgia Collection.) 
 
 IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW, 
 
 f73152. CURULE CHAIR (selta cumlis), made to fold, with 
 remains of gilding still discernible. It was originally moun- 
 ted in ivory, which has been replaced by wood. (Pompeii.) 
 
 IRON TOOLS. 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXI., (LAST CORNER OF THE ROOM), 
 71700 et seq. Scythes, sickles, bill-hooks, knives. Rakes 
 
SMALL BRONZES (FIRST ROOM). 9 
 
 and forks four plougshares, spades as used in Naples now, 
 and trowels for gardening. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 71746. Small pocket-knife with bone handle. (Pompeii.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXII., 
 
 71791 et seq. Carding combs, long shovel, large spring 
 shears: shears of this form still used in silk factories. Sundry 
 smaller shears, blacksmiths' cutters and pincers, axes, 
 hatchets, soldering iron, claws for drawing nails, pickaxes, 
 wedges., and hammers for chipping pavements. (P. and H.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXIII., 
 
 Hammers for carpenters and masons. f71875. KEY for 
 raising heavy blocks of stone (as used now) , compasses : 
 callipers, masons' trowels, turnery tools, centre-bits, scalpels, 
 planes, saws, anvils, a large whetstone. (Pompeii.) 
 
 LAMPS AND LANTERNS. 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXIV., ' 
 
 f72180. TREBLE-WICK LAMP, fitted with three exquisite 
 double-stranded chains; a fourth chain holds the lid of the 
 reservoir. This lamp is adorned with four heads issuing 
 from garlands, (Herculaneum.) 
 
 72172. SINGLE LAMP. A small mouse on the spout is 
 about to gnaw the wick. (Pompeii.) 
 
 72181. LARGE TREBLE-WICK LAMP. Instead of a cover it 
 has a handsome urn over the reservoir. This lamp is 
 adorned with festoons and three masks. (Pompeii.) 
 
 Sundry small candelabra for single lamps. (P. and H.) 
 
 Seventeen lanterns. Observe especially: 
 
 *72067. LANTERN glazed with talc, bearing on the top 
 the words ' Tiburti Catus S." (Herculaneum.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXV., 
 
 72190. CANDELABRUM in the form of a cup. (Here.) 
 
 72191. CANDELABRUM formed of a fluted column. (Stabiae.) 
 92192-3. CANDELABRA, like modern candlesticks. (P.) 
 
10 L'PPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 72195. CANDELABRUM formed of a fluted column capped 
 by a small vase, from which issue three branches. (Here.) 
 
 72246 and 72250. Treble-wick lamps hanging by a well- 
 wrought chain, and decorated with a nude dancer. (P.) 
 
 72251. Double lamp with garland and sunflower handle. 
 The cover represents a child with a goose. (Here.) 
 WALL-CASE No. XXVI., 
 
 72198. TREBLE-WICK CIRCULAR LAMP. The lid, which 
 also form a bandle> is surmounted by the figure of a Harpy. 
 
 72199. SILENUS. His movement and the gestures of his 
 hands leads us to infer that he proposes to dance. Behind 
 him, a parrot on a bough which carries two lamps. (H.) 
 
 72202-3. PHRYGIAN figure on one knee. Behind him, the 
 stump of a tree with a lamp upon it. (Pompeii.) 
 
 f72206. LAMP-STAND. Silenus, seated, pouring wine from 
 a wineskin. Behind him, a stum to carry two lamps. (P.) 
 
 72279. DOUBLE-WICK LAMP. The lid represents a Satyr 
 seated on a stump, holding a pan-pipe. (Pompeii.) 
 
 72280. Double-wick lamp beautifully adorned with acan- 
 thus leaves. The lid bears a Silenus standing upright. (P.) 
 
 f72291. Handsome small CANDELABRUM. It represents 
 Cupid astride on a dolphin, which is about to devour a 
 polypus issuing from a shell. A wonderful work of art. (P.) 
 
 f72298. NIGHT-LIGHT in a saucer. The lid is perforated 
 to subdue the light. (Stabiae.) 
 WALL-CASK No. XXVII., 
 
 72226. CANDELABRUM in the form of the trunk of a tree. 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 72231. CANDELABRUM in the form of a tree, the boughs 
 supporting five double-wick lamps. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 f72336. PORTABLE LAMP with folding handle. (Stabiae.) 
 
 SECOND ROOM. 
 
 In the centre of this room is a cork model of the exca- 
 vation of Pompeii, on the scale of 1 to 100. It is extremely 
 accurate, and well worthy of attention. 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 11 
 
 The wooden balustrade represents the outline of the an- 
 eient ramparts, while the part painted green shows what 
 yet remains to be excavated. 
 
 The amphitheatre , which was capable of holding 12,800 
 people, was situated at the extremity of the town as shown 
 on the model. 
 
 The extent of the city is estimated at about one hundred 
 and forty acres, and the part excavated may be taken at 
 about fifty acres, leaving ninety acres still buried beneath 
 a mass of volcanic ash about twenty feet deep , which has 
 been cultivated and even built upon for centuries. The 
 lenght of the excavated portion is about six hundred yards, 
 and the circuit of the city two miles. 
 
 The House of Diomede and the Street of the Tombs 
 being outside the walls, are not represented on the model. 
 
 AGAINST THE BALUSTRADE OF THE MODEL, 
 
 Twelve circular leaden tanks for the impluvia of houses, 
 found in the courtyards. One of them has a bronze tap. (P.) 
 
 SAUCEPANS, PATERJE, &c. 
 
 ON THE LEFT, WALL-CASES NOS. XXXII. AND XXXIII., 
 
 SAUCEPANS, of which many are lined with silver. (P.) 
 73231. A SAUCEPAN as found at Herculaneum, completely 
 full of lava and encrusted with ash. 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. XXXIV. AND XXV., 
 
 73437 et seq. PATERAE (or bowls for containing libations). 
 They are of the shape of a deep saucer, with a handle ending 
 in the head of a ram or a swan. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XXXVI. (among a number of two-handled basins'), 
 73511. BASIN with bas-relief inlaid with silver repre- 
 senting .Ethra showing her son Theseus the sword that his 
 father ^Egeus had hidden under a rock. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 WALL-casE No. XXXVII, AND XXXVIII., 
 73535. BASIN. Two figures in bas-relief one dancing. (H.) 
 
12 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 73549. BASIN on a tripod with ornate border. The handles 
 are lions, and the sides bear four serpents. (Pompeii.) 
 
 WALL-CASES No. XXXIX. TO XLIII., 
 
 73613. BASIN with a bas-relief of a woman fashioning a 
 trophy, and Hercules with his club standing by. (Here.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XLIV., 
 
 73837. Saucepan with long handle covered with lapilli. (P.) 
 73798 et seq. LADLES used for dipping into vases. (P.) 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 78936. TRAY like a modern tea-tray, but made of bronze. 
 (Stabiae.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XLV. (SECOND CORNER OF THE ROOM), 
 73838-73863. Twenty-six funnels. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 73879-81-82. Three round stoves. (Pompeii.) 
 *73880. URN (authepsa). with two handles and lions' feet. 
 This beautiful urn is decorated with designs, and is similar 
 to the Russian samovar and the old-fashioned English tea- 
 urn. (Pompeii.) 
 
 111048. Another elegant urn on three lions' feet, and 
 ornamented with three female masks. The tap represents 
 upid astride on a dolphin. (1876, Pompeii.) 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 73886 et seq. Stands for vases. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 *73937. BRONZE COLLAR for slaves, bearing the inscrip- 
 tion : " Servus sum, tene quia fugio. " (1 am a slave; arrest 
 me because I am running away). 
 
 73926 et seq. SPIRAL GAUNTLETS in bronze, which gla- 
 diators wore as a protection for their wrists and ankles. 
 
 ARTICLES USED IN SACRIFICES. 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XLVL, 
 73945 et seq. Four portable altars on three legs, suppor- 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 13 
 
 ting a disc which received the blood of victims. (Pompeii.) 
 f7 4021 -2-3. FLESH-HOOKS (harpago) for taking boiled 
 
 meat out of the caldron. They were fitted with wooden 
 
 handles. There are four similar specimens in the British 
 
 Museum. ( Canino.) 
 73983 et seq. Censers (turibula), with chains and spoons 
 
 for incense. (Pompeii and Hercula'neum.) 
 
 BELOW, 
 
 74003 et seq. Mensae for the Augurs' (haruspices). They 
 are in the shape of a stool. Upon them lie the instruments 
 which were used to examine the entrails of the victims for 
 the purposes of pretended prophecy. (Pompeii.) 
 
 Bronze letters from inscriptions. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 
 COUCHES. 
 
 IN THE CENTRE, 
 
 *78614. Five couches. Two have heads to them. The 
 wooden part painted red is a restoration; the original wood 
 was walnut. (Vibius's house of Pompeii.) 
 
 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 
 
 WALL-CASE No. XLVII. (Upper division), 
 
 Eighteen STEELYARDS and SCALES, complete. 
 
 74039. The sixth scale from the visitor's left bears the 
 inscription (in dotted lines): "TI. CLAUD. C^ES. ^EIIII. VITEL. 
 m. cos. EXACTA, in. TIC. CUBA. ^DiL.;" meaning that this 
 balance was stamped at the Capitol in the reign of the 
 Emperor Claudius. (Pompeii.) 
 
 WALL-CASE No. IL., 
 
 f74056. Under the hook from which this specimen hangs 
 we read the inscription, "DIP. VESP. AUG. nx. T. IMP. AUG. 
 F. vi. cos. EXACTA. IN cAprro(ft0) ; " that is to say, that it 
 was stamped in the Capitol under the eighth consulate of 
 the Emperor Vespasian, and under the sixth of Titus, which 
 corresponds to A.D. 77, two years only before the destruction 
 of Pompeii. (Stabiae.) 
 
14 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 74165. Ingenious machine for weighing liquids. It is in 
 the form of a saucepan , and was suspended by the hook 
 and chain. 
 
 LOWER DIVISION (left), 
 
 Sundry round weights in black basalt (nefritica); marked 
 in Roman figures. 
 
 74280 to 74290. Eleven round weights in bronze, marked 
 with silver numerals, X, V, III, II, I, S or " Semis " (half), 
 for the pounds, and ::/.: S for fractions of pounds. 
 
 74308 to 74313. Six bronze WEIGHTS, in the shape of 
 goats. These are marked P.X, P.V, P.HI, P.II, P.I. 
 
 *74390 to 74393. Four large weights; a PIG, bearing the 
 initials P.C (one hundred pounds) ; a CHEESE, and two huge 
 KNUCKLE-BONES. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *Leaden weights, bearing the word " EME " on one side, 
 and "HABEBIS" on the other "Buy, and you shall have." 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 74582 et seq. Measures for oil. (Pompeii.) 
 
 74599. Measure for liquids, of the weight of ten pounds. 
 The Congius spoken of by Pliny. (Borgia.) 
 
 *74600-1. Dry MEASURES. Their capacity was settled by 
 the triangular crosspieces. Inscription: "D. D. p. P. HERC." 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 OUTSIDE THE WALL-CASE, 
 74602. Dry measure. (The wood is a restoration.) (P.) 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. L. AND LI., 
 Sundry kitchen utensils. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 TABLE-CASE No. LXI. f 
 
 *76657 to 76667. Plummets. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 *76670 el seq. Sundry pairs of compasses. (P. and Here.) 
 
 *76684 Reducing compass. (Pompeii.) 
 
 fl 15630. CALLIPERS. This handsome specimen is exactly 
 like the instrument used by modern sculptors. (1887, P.) 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 15 
 
 76689. Square. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *76690 et seq. Linear measures. (Pompeii.) 
 
 FISHING TACKLE. 
 
 76840 et seq. Netting needles, bronze and bone needles, 
 quadruple fish-hook \\eighted.-Four hundred fish-hooks. (P.) 
 
 109703. A RUDDER, belonging probably to a bronze statue 
 of " Abundance. " (Pompeii.) 
 
 HI 845. Small iron ANCHOR; the only one yet found. (P.) 
 
 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 TABLE-CASE No. LXII., 
 
 *76945 et seq. SISTRA jingling bronze rattles used in the 
 worship of Isis. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *76942. CYMBALS of two kinds (Psalm, cl. 5). (Pompeii.) 
 
 111055. A bronze wind instrument, like an organ. It 
 was fitted with a chain, apparently to be carried round the 
 neck. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *76890. BAGPIPES found in the baaracks. The " dulci- 
 mer" of Dan. iii. 5. Nero was fond of this instrument, and 
 is said to have played it in public. It is the favourite 
 instrument of the S. Italian peasantry. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *76891 et seq. FLAGEOLETS made of silver, bronze, and 
 ivory. (Pompeii.) 
 
 TOYS, DICE, AND TICKTES FOR THEATRES. 
 
 TABL^-CASE No. LXI1L, 
 
 *76950 et seq. Knucklebones and dice; some constructed 
 that they might be loaded. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *77087 et seq. Sundry checks or tickets (tesserae) for 
 theatres and boxing matches, made of ivury. Observe the 
 small numbered birds made of terra-cotla. These were 
 checks for the upper row of seats, still called the " piccio- 
 naia" or pigeon-loft, in Italy. (P. and Herculaneum.) 
 
 109880. Six numbered death's-heads (use unknown). (P.) 
 
16 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 TOILET REQUISITES. 
 
 TABLE- CASE No. LXIII. (bis), 
 
 77147 et seq. Bronze clasps (fibulae). (P. and Here.) 
 
 77170. Fibula in the form of a horse. 
 
 114430. Bronze ring with the finger-bone of his owner. 
 
 77259 et seq. Bronze rings fitted with a small hey for 
 jewel-cases. (Pompeii.) 
 
 77245. Sundry rings in bone and lead, bearing initials. 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 77174 et seq. Bronze bracelets, in the form of serpents, 
 one with a silver medallion. (1863, Pompeii.) 
 
 *77213 et seq. Five perfect metal MIRRORS. One in a 
 modern frame was found in the House of the Faun. (P.) 
 
 77291 et seq. These specimens have long been supposed 
 to be perforated bdxes for perfumes, made on the principle 
 of the modern " vinaigrette " ; but , in fact , they are cases 
 for seals to be attached to parchments. The box contained 
 the seal, and. two or more threads of silk attached to the 
 wax passed from the parchment through the holes. One of 
 them may be seen represented upon the large fresco from 
 the House of Pansa attached to the papyrus (see No.8598.p.2). 
 
 77298. Small rectangular bolts in ivory, for securing 
 dressing-cases or small articles of furniture. (Pompeii) 
 
 77318 et seq. Bone buttons and bronze studs. (P.) 
 
 77355 et seq. Ivory and bronze combs. (Pompeii.) 
 
 77363. BRONZE THIMBLE. (Pompeii.) 
 
 Small pots for cosmetics. (Pompeii.) 
 
 *77570. Pot of rock-crystal, still containing rouge. (P.) 
 
 Small flagons in alabaster and ivory, for perfumes. (P.) 
 
 SPINDLE, fitted with a bronze hook. (Pompeii.) 
 
 77518. Bronze winder , in nine divisions, for threads of 
 different colour. (Pompeii.) 
 
 80088. Small toothed wheel, used as part of a bolt. (P.) 
 We draw attention to this little specimen to show how nearly 
 the Romans had reached one of the leading principles of 
 the modern clock. 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 17 
 
 Hairpins in bone and bronze, adorned with statuettes and 
 busts; tooth-picks and earpickers. (Pompeii and Here.) 
 
 WALL-CASES Nos. LII. AND LIII., 
 Kitchen pots and pans. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 COLANDERS. 
 
 CASE LXIV., IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW. 
 Colanders perforated in graceful designs. (P. and Here.) 
 77609. In the centre of this specimen a bas-relief of Venus 
 
 with silver bracelets , holding out her hand to a small 
 
 Cupid. (Hercidaneum.) 
 
 NEAR THE BALUSTRADE OF THE MODEL OF POMPEII, 
 
 78579. Large CALDRON, nailed and bolted as our modern 
 steam boilers. (Pompeii.) 
 
 78580. Large FIRE-PLUG, found in the palace of Tiberius 
 at Capri. The rust of ages has sealed it hermetically. 
 
 This specimen once had water in it, which one could hear 
 by shaking it. This has now completely evaporated. 
 
 78581. Bronze grating (claustrum), found before a window 
 in Pompeii. 
 
 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS (Chirurgia.) 
 TABLE-CASE LXV., 
 
 Bistouries (surgical knives), spatulas, sounds, and tweezers, 
 some of which last belonged to lamps. 
 
 77738 et seq. "Directors." 
 
 77982. Curved dentated forceps , for removing foreign 
 substances from cavities. 
 
 TABLE CASE LXVI., 
 
 77986 et seq Fourteen bronze cupping vessels of modern 
 shape, but ours are now made of glass. 
 
 78000-1. Spoons with head of a ram and of a woman. 
 
 78003. Lancet for bleeding. 
 
 78004. Silver spoon with elegant handle. 
 
 78005. Scissors with a spring, like shears. , 
 78007. FLEAM for bleeding horses. 
 
 2 
 
18 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 78008. TROCHAR for tapping for dropsy. A hole in the 
 end gives an exit to the water. 
 
 78012. An ELEVATOR (or instrument for raising depressed 
 portions of the skull) made of bronze. 
 
 *78026. A MALE CATHETER (aenea fistula). 
 
 *78027. A FEMALE CATHETER, 3 1/2 inches in length. 
 
 *78029. POMPEIAN FORCEPS , formed of two branches 
 crossing, and working on a pivot, It was used for crushing 
 small calculi. 
 
 *7#030. SPECULUM UTERI. It is a tri- valvular dilator ; 
 the three valves, standing at right angles to the rest of the 
 instrument, are jointly dependent on each other in the 
 expansion transmitted only to one of them. When the three 
 valves are in contact, the instrument for insertion is about 
 an inch in circumference. By turning the screw, one valve 
 is drawn nearer to the operator, and this forces the other 
 two to open in a sidelong direction, producing thus a slow, 
 regular, progressive dilatation, as extensive as may be 
 required. The instrument can be held by the two curved 
 handles in the left, while the right hand turns the screw. 
 These movable handles are similar to those fitted to modern 
 specula. (Pompeii.) 
 
 113264. SPECULUM UTERI. A quadrivalvular dilator of 
 beautiful workmanship and very scientific costruction. (P.) 
 
 *78031. SPECULUM ANI. A -bi-valvular dilator, probably 
 used also for the uterus before the other one was known. 
 
 78032. Dentated forceps of elegant construction. 
 
 78121. Sound with flattened extremity, bifurcated for 
 cutting the frenum of the tongue ; as used in modern surgery. 
 
 78034 el seq. Actual cauteries. 
 
 *7807I. Surgical needle. 
 
 78137. Probes found in the cases to the left of them. 
 
 78195-6. Stones for sharpening instruments. (Stabiae.) 
 
 *78235. An INJECTION PROBE for females, with eight small 
 holes arranged like wreaths. 
 
 TILLS, SULPHUR, and other medicaments. (Stabiae.) 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 19 
 
 MORE SURGICAL, INSTRUMENTS. 
 
 TABLE-CASE LXVI (*V>, 
 
 On the 31. st of October 1887 the following items were 
 found in a house at Pompeii which appears to have been 
 the residence of a Medical man. 
 
 116437 et seq. Sundry forceps. 
 
 116460. Earthenware gallipot containing drugs, the nature 
 of which is unknown. 
 1 16460 (bis). Plate with similar contents. 
 
 116438 Chemist's scales. 
 
 116439 et seq. Four square bronze weights. These have 
 dots upon them to denote their value no. 116443 weighs 
 14 grammes. Besides them are three weights of black stone 
 (nefritica). 
 
 110088. Small bronze medicine spoon. 
 116459. Stone for instruments. 
 116456. Rusty scalpel. 
 116458. Iron spring scissors. 
 
 116450. Large bronze surgical needle. 
 
 116435. Uterine dilator similar to that in the preceding 
 table-case. 
 
 116436. Anal dilator. 
 
 116451. Injecting probes. 
 116447. Bistouries. 
 
 116414. Bronze instrument case still containing its original 
 instruments. Sundry empty cases. 
 
 116441-2. Two inkstands in good preservation. 
 
 116453. The hinges and lock of the box which contained 
 the above specimens. 
 
 IVORY ARTICLES (Miscellaneous.) 
 TABLE-CASES Nos. LXV1I, LXVIII., 
 
 78362 et seq. Fragments of furniture made of iron cased 
 in ivory. Ivory fragments from dressing-cases. Bone 
 spoons. (Pompeii.) 
 
20 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 H0924. Statuette of Venus with dolphin. (Pompeii.) 
 78279. Statuette of boy wearing the " bulla patricia. " 
 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 78306. Fragments from the Curule chair. (Pompeii.) 
 109905 and -5 (bis). Two ivory panels (frame modern), 
 
 carved on both sides, used as ornaments for furniture. (P.) 
 
 78288. Small bronze skeleton. (Pompeii.) 
 
 78289. Fine ivory death's-head. 
 
 IN THE WINDOW, 
 
 The skull and the right fore-arm are so small that they 
 seem to have belonged to a young girl, who was probably 
 a member of the family of Diomede at Pompeii. One of her 
 teeth will be observed in perfect preservation. The various 
 blocks of ashes collected in this case had surrounded the 
 body, and still show the imprint of the breast, of the hands 
 and fingers, as well as of the feet. 
 
 "WRITING MATERIALS. 
 
 WALL-CASE No. LVL, 
 
 Inkstands pens, metal mirrors, serpentine bracelets. (P.) 
 75080. Inkstand still containing ink, atramentum. (P.) 
 f75091. Octagonal inkstand (found in a tomb at Terlizzi) 
 of bronze, decorated in silver, with the seven divinities who 
 presided over the seven days of the week, namely, Apollo, 
 Diana, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. 
 
 Martorelli, the archaelogist (who wrote two volumes about 
 this inkstand), thinks that it belonged to some astronomer 
 of the time of Trajan. 
 
 110672. Bronze PEN, nibbed like a modern one. (P.) 
 
 IN A TUBE OK MODERN GLASS, 
 
 75095. Pen of reed, found in a papyrus at Herculaneum. 
 
 75099. Slabs of stone, which were covered with wax for 
 writing upon with the "stylus." 
 
 75113. Two bone 'styli." Pointed at one end and flat at 
 the other, to rub out what one had written. (Pompeii.) 
 
SMALL BRONZES (SECOND ROOM). 21 
 
 80111. BRACELET on the bone of a right arm. (P.) 
 75114. Bronze squares from the front of a strong box. 
 
 SADDLERY. 
 
 WALL-CASE (NEXT THE DOOR) LVII., 
 
 CATTLE BELLS, HARNESS, &c. Large number of bells for 
 cattle. By pulling a wire in the side of this case , one of 
 these bells is made to ring. (Pompeii and Herculanewn.) 
 74578. Small model of a BIGA, of very great interest, as 
 showing us the form of Pompeian vehicles. (Pompeii.) 
 
 HARNESS FOR HORSES, consisting of scrolls, sprays, bits, 
 
 nosebands, pole-heads, curb-chains, spurs, a stirrup (?), 
 
 buckles, and other objects which can be readily identified. 
 
 75537. A fragment representing a blacksmith in the act 
 
 of paring a hoof. 
 
 KITCHEN UTENSILS. 
 
 WALL-CASE LVIII, 
 
 PASTRY MOULDS in the shape of shells. (P. and H.) 
 
 76352 et seq. Four SHAPES, representing a hare, a pig, a 
 ham, and half a fowl. (Pompeii.) 
 
 76336. IMPLEMENTS for making pastry. Pastry cutters. 
 
 76349. Cheese-graters. Bronze kinives and spoons. (P.) 
 
 WALL-CASE LIX, 
 
 76543. Large EGG FRAME, capable of cooking twenty-nine 
 eggs at once. (Inn, Pompeii.) 
 
 76540-1. Very handsome andirons (?). 
 
 Tart dishes, frying-pans , gridirons , tongs , artistic flre- 
 shovels, kitchen trivets. An iron trivet, much oxidised and 
 covered with lapilli , with a pot firmly stuck to it by the 
 oxidisation. Seven spits. 
 
 Hanging up against the wall near the door, 
 
 78622. A bronze BELL, shaped like a gong. (Pompeii.) 
 It has a beautiful tone, which may be heard by swinging 
 the clapper which hangs before it. 
 
THE COLLECTION OF GEMS. 
 
 (Oggetti preziosi.} 
 
 This collection has recently been scientifically arranged, 
 and is divided into four principal sections, namely, Gold 
 Ornaments, Silver Plate, Engraved Gems, and Cameos. 
 
 The gold ornaments are very varied, and many of them 
 are of extremely beautiful design. Some of them were found 
 in Greek tombs in the South Italian provinces , but the 
 majority are of the Roman period, and were discovered in 
 the excavations at Pompeii. 
 
 The collection of Silver Plate is perhaps the most 
 important extant, and shows a wonderful excellence of 
 design and execution. 
 
 CAMEOS AND INTAGLIOS. 
 
 This collection consists of about a thousand specimens , 
 many of which bear the name of Lorenzo de' Medici , and 
 came from the Farnese collection. The ancient specimens 
 are marked "Ant.." (Antique) and the mediaeval ones "xv." 
 (fifteenth century). 
 
 TAZZA FARNESE. 
 
 IN THE WINDOW, 
 
 *27611. CUP OF ORIENTAL SARDONYX of inestimable merit 
 and value , found either in the Castle of Sant' Angela at 
 Rome, or in Hadrian's villa at Tivoli. It came into the 
 possession of Duke Charles of Bourbon when he was besieging 
 Rome, and was already disfigured by a hole in the centre, 
 which had been bored through it with the view, no doubt, 
 of fixing it on a stand. It is the only known cameo of its 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 23 
 
 size which has a composition engraved on both sides of it. 
 On the outer side is a magnificent Medusa, and on the inner 
 eight figures in relief representing Ptolemy Philadelphus 
 consecrating the harvest festival instituted by Alexander 
 the Great after the foundation of Alexandria. (Ant.) 
 
 FIRST TABLE. FIRST COMPARTMENT (next window.) 
 
 25833 to 25899. (Note especially.) 
 
 \. Onyx. THE EDUCATION OF BACCHUS. The infant god, 
 mounted on a lion led by a nymph, is held up by one of 
 the Nysiades; behind, Nysa seated. Ant. 
 
 5. Onyx. NEPTUNE and PALLAS disputing about the name 
 to be given to a rising city. Inscribed "JIY probably meaning 
 Pyrgotele. Ant. 
 
 *6. Onyx. DAEDALUS and ICARUS. Two females admiring 
 the prodigy probably Pasiphae and Diana Dictyna per- 
 sonifying fhe Cretan City. xv. 
 
 8. Oriental Onyx. TRIUMPH of BACCHUS and SILENUS. The 
 car is drawn by two Psyches , the reins held by Cupid , 
 while another pushes the car. Ant. 
 
 *16. Onyx. JUPITER overwhelming the Titans. Legend, 
 
 A0HNIQN. Ant. 
 
 17. Onyx. COCK-FIGHT, in presence of two Cupids, one 
 lamenting his defeat, the other victorious. Ant. 
 19. Sardonyx. HEAD of OMPHALE. Ant. 
 25. Sardonyx. HOMER; name on the mantle. Ant. 
 *30. Agate. JUPITER SERAPIS, in high-relief. Ant. 
 *32. Agate. Head of MEDUSA. Ant. 
 38. Agate. OTHRYADES dying. Ant. 
 f41. Sardonyx. SATYR dancing. A fragment. Ant. 
 f44. Sardonyx. AUGUSTUS. Attributed to Dioscorides. 
 f47. Onyx. AURORA in her chariot. Ant. 
 *48. Oriental Onyx. A FAUN carrying the infant Bacchus. 
 52. Onyx. A fine head, perhaps CICERO. Ant. 
 55. Oriental Onyx. VENUS and CUPID. 
 f57. Sardonyx. CENTAUR. Ant. 
 
24 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 *60. Oriental Onyx. SCULPTOR chisselling a vase. Ant. 
 
 *65. Agate. DIRGE'S PUNISHMENT. Fragment. 
 
 1857. Onyx enammelled. VESTAL , a superb head. Ant- 
 
 SECOND COMPARTMENT. 
 
 25900 to 26042. 
 
 69. Agate. Ariobarzanus III., king of Cappadocia (?). Ant. 
 
 77. Sardonyx. DOMITIAN. Laurel crowned, xv. 
 
 86. Onyx. HERCULES strangling the serpents. Ant. 
 
 90. Sapphire. Veiled head of LIVIA. xv. 
 
 93. Emerald. Lotus-crowned head of Isis. Ant. 
 
 99. Lapis-lazuli. Tiberius crowned with laurel, xv. 
 
 105. Emerald. Bust of JUPITER SERAPIS. Ant. 
 
 123. Jacinth. CLEOPATRA, xv. 
 
 124. Onyx. MARSYAS bound and MERCURY. Ant. 
 134. Onyx. Leda and the swan. Ant. 
 
 147. Sardonyx. HERCULES and the lion. xv. 
 
 154. Onyx. GANYMEDE AND THE EAGLE, xv. 
 
 167. Garnet. SAMSON, with legend, xv. 
 
 171. Agate. DOMITIAN. xv. 
 
 f!88. Sardonyx. AURORA on a quadriga. Ant. 
 The artist adapted the different strata of the stone to give 
 each horse a distinct colour. According to Winckelmann, 
 their colours indicate dawn, day, twilight, and night. 
 
 193. Onyx. CUPID; legend *ivn, I love. Ant. 
 
 197. Onyx. Hand pulling an ear; MNHMONEYE, remember. 
 Ant. 
 
 198. Onyx. Hand- in-hand, OMONOIA concord. Ant. 
 201. Onyx. GANYMEDE home by the eagle. Ant. 
 f203. Agate. THETIS on a dolphin , with Triton and 
 
 Zephyr, xv. 
 206. Glass. Tiberius. (Pompeii.} 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 25 
 
 INTAGLIOS. 
 
 SECOND TABLE FIRST COMPARTMENT. 
 
 26043 to 26209. 
 
 *209. Cornelian. AJAX and Cassandra at the Palladium. A. 
 
 f214. Chrysolite. PALLAS, xv. 
 
 f215. Chalcedony. ANTONINUS Pius (?). xv. 
 
 221. Carnelian. SOLON. Legend, SOAQNOZ. Ant. 
 
 228. Amethyst. IOLE ; a fine head. xv. 
 
 230. Sapphire. Fine bust of JUNO. Ant. 
 
 231. Carnelian. Head of MARCUS AURELIUS. Ant. 
 *232. Amethyst. DIANA with AHOAAQNIOS inscribed in 
 
 Greek. A gem of great celebrity. Ant. 
 f234. Calcedony. ACTOR with a mask. xv. 
 244. Beryl. Head of SERGIUS GALBA. xv. 
 248. Carnelian. THE CAR OF THE SUN. Ant. 
 250. Amethyst. ANTONINUS Pius. Ant. 
 
 253. Amethyst. THETIS on two sea-horses. Ant. 
 
 254. Carnelian. PERSEUS with Medusa's head. Inscribed 
 "Dioscorides." Ant. 
 
 256. Carnelian. HADRIAN, crowned. Ant. 
 268. Carnelian. Fine head of PLATO, xv. 
 276. Carnelian. JULIUS C^SAR. xv. 
 287. Garnet. Bust of CLEOPATRA. Ant. 
 Carnelian. (The first stone from the left , without a 
 number). Handsome bust of JUNO. (Pompeii.) 
 329. Sardonyx. MARS crowned by Victory. Ant. 
 
 SECOND COMPARTMENT. 
 
 26210 to 26389. 
 
 f390. Carnelian. SACRIFICE. Group of 18 figures, xv. 
 408. Carnelian. SILENUS upon an ass. Group, xv. 
 413. Carnelian. PESCENNIUS. Inscribed "Pescennio". xv. 
 417. Sanguine Jasper. SACRIFICE, xv. 
 419. Carnelian. LIVIA and TIBERIUS. Group, xv. 
 439. Carnelian. Strength conquered by Beauty. 
 
26 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 455. Sardonyx. CUPID dedicating one wing to the Sun. xv. 
 473. Chalcedony. AFRICA PERSONIFIED. Engraved with 
 unintelligible characters. Ant. 
 
 OTHER INTAGLIOS AND CAMEOS. 
 
 THIRD TABLE FIRST COMPARTMENT. 
 
 26390 to 26766. 
 Intaglios of less importance. 
 
 SECOND COMPARTMENT. 
 
 26767 to 26965. 
 (CAMEOS). 
 
 961. Agate. MINERVA, fully armed. Bust. xv. 
 967. Onyx. AURORA in her chariot. Ant. 
 988. Onyx. THE THREE GRACES, xv. 
 1003. Onyx. MINERVA, xv. 
 fl021. Lapis-lazuli. MINERVA armed, xv. 
 f!024. Onyx. ALEXANDER THE GREAT, xv. 
 1044. Onyx. M.ECENAS (?). xv. 
 1046. Agate. SOCRATES, xv. 
 
 FOURTH TABLE FIRST COMPARTMENT. 
 
 26966 to 27123. 
 
 1162. Agate. Head of Cicero, KI-KE-PO. Ant. 
 A necklace of scarabs. 
 
 SECOND COMPARTMENT. 
 
 27124 to 27348. 
 
 1375. Green Jasp. Aurora, xv. 
 
 f!352. A bulla mounted with gold wire, representing a 
 man and his wife. Some think that this a portrait of Marcus 
 Aurelius and Faustina. Ant. 
 
 FIFTH TABLE. 
 
 27319 to 27610. 
 Many portraits in intaglio. 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 27 
 
 1520. Sardonyx. Jupiter. Bust. xv. 
 
 J540. Sea-shell. Three Cupids drawing water, xv. 
 
 1701 et seq. Agates. Perfume vases. Ant. 
 
 Agate. A knuckle-bone. Ant. 
 
 Large silver-gilt rings belonging to Cardinal Farnese. 
 Some similar rings are exhibited in the Musee Cluny at 
 Paris. 
 
 LAST TABLE. 
 
 One hundred and forty intaglios and stone all from 
 recent excavations at Pompeii. Observe especially the 
 numbers'27651,-27665,-27653,-1 4565,-J 4566,-2761 7,,-! 1 4562, 
 and in the last row a beautiful glass intaglio (n. 109579) 
 representing a Minerva standing. 
 
 SILVER. 
 
 In an upright glass case : 
 
 CUPS AND VASES. 
 
 TOP SHELF, 
 
 25289. Silver PAIL with bronze handle decorated with a 
 bas-relief of a lady at her bath. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25376-77-80-81. Four BACCHIC CUPS executed in ma- 
 gnificent high relief, representing Centaurs and Genii. (P.) 
 
 15367. CUP representing in bas-relief Minerva in a chariot 
 drawn by two horses. (Pompeii.) 
 
 25565. Fragment of a cup representing chariots driven 
 by children. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25301. Mortar representing the Apotheosis of Homer. One 
 of the most famous specimens of ancient silver work. In the 
 centre is the poet draped and veiled , borne heavenwards 
 by an eagle. On the right a female figure representing the 
 Odyssey. On the left is the Iliad personified armed cap-a-pic. 
 (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25681. CUP adorned with Bacchic figures. 
 
 111149. MORTAR adorned with bas-relief representing 
 
28 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 Theseus fighting against one of the Amazones on horseback 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 SECOND SHELF, 
 25284-5-8. Three BOWLS on tripod stands of Renaissance 
 
 work. (Rome.) 
 
 25343. CENSER with cover and chains. (Herculaneum.) 
 3571o. Two SYSTRA. A musical instrument. (Pompeii.) 
 25722 and 110841. Two BOTTLES for liquids: one with 
 
 chains. (Pompeii.) 
 
 THIRD SHELF, 
 
 25691 el seq. Six pitchers. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 H 1768-9. Two large pitchers with two handles. Each 
 
 weighs about 10 Ibs. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 GOLD ORNAMENTS. 
 
 (Greek and Etruscan.) 
 
 FIRST DIVISION (on the left}, 
 
 f25234 et seq. A pair of very large earrings of pyramidal 
 shape. A ring, with an agate intaglio representing an 
 Amazon and a small gold coin of Syracuse representing a 
 portrait of a woman. (Gift of Baron d'Arbou Castillon 1864 
 found in a tomb at Taranto). 
 
 24852. GOLD BULL with Phoenician and Greek inscription. 
 (Syracuse.) 
 
 24826. KID in massive gold from Edessa in Mesopotamia. 
 (Borgia Collection.) 
 
 24876-8. Two perfume vases in blue glass mounted on 
 a gold stand. (Venosa.) 
 
 Ten necklaces. The following are the most remarkable: 
 
 *24883. Splendid necklace formed of twenty-one Silenus 
 masks and fifty-eight acorns and fleurs-de-lys. (Armento.) 
 
 *24858. NECKLACE OF LACE-WORK, with elegantly woven 
 pendants. 
 
 42.9 27Necklace consisting of seven gold parallelograms. 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 29 
 
 24862. Necklace with blue beads threaded upon it , to 
 which are attached nineteen masks of Jove, Medusa, and 
 Silenus. ( Chiusi.) 
 
 24887. Necklace of a gold chain with garnets. In the centre 
 a small octagonal column of garnet. (Sant'Agata del Goti.) 
 
 BETWEEN THE NECKLACES, 
 
 24893. GOLD TIARA formed of a curved spray with leaves 
 and flowers set with garnets, and small gold butterflies. 
 (Fasano.) 
 
 24854-5-6. Three specimens of beautiful workmanship 
 representing cornucopiae with lions' heads. These are thought 
 to have been earrings. (Capua.) 
 
 Below them, a pair of earrings in the shape of butterflies. 
 
 Among fourteen rings, observe a ring 25157 set with 
 an emerald plasma which is thought to have contained 
 poison. (Ruvo.) 
 
 24844. Fillet, with a head of Medusa, in relief. (Toro.) 
 
 *24865 et seq. NINE BROOCHES (fibulae), artistically wrought 
 in filagree, ending in the head of a ram in Etruscan Style. 
 
 (Roman Period.). 
 
 25000. LARGE GOLD LAMP, weighing nearly two pounds, 
 and having its handle formed of a leaf. It is the only gold 
 lamp yet found in Pompeii. (Grammes 896). 
 
 EARRINGS. 
 
 SECOND WALL (first and second divisions}, 
 
 *Two hundred and fifty two gold earrings , of -which 
 hundred and two are in the shape of a segment of an apple, 
 and many are drops with a pearl as a pendant ; seventeen 
 represent genii, two are of the shape of almonds, and others 
 are set with emeralds. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 RINGS. 
 
 Three hundred and twenty-three gold rings, most of 
 them set with fine stones. 
 
30 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 The first five rows consist of rings from Pompeii , and 
 the last two rows of rings from Herculaneum. Note ; 
 
 fin the second row a ring 25181 bearing a mask 
 engraved on carnelian , which was found at Pompeii by 
 King Charles III, who wore it for many years. When this 
 King inherited the throne of Spain, he handed over the 
 ring to the Museum. 
 
 24732-3-4. Three rings with the finger-bones of their 
 owners. (Pompeii.) 
 
 The provenance of the rings in the next compartment is 
 unknown, with a few unimportant exceptions which came 
 from the Campanian provinces. 
 
 Among them will be found 
 
 A very large ring of unusual shape, with fragment of 
 glazing. Thought to have been a perfume ring. (Here.) 
 
 24902. Gold ring. Man and woman shaking hands. 
 Probably an engagement ring. (Ponza). 
 
 25085. Very large head of Brutus engraved on gold, 
 grammes 3,50. (S. Maria di Capua). Inscribed "ANAEIAAS 
 KIIOEI ". 
 
 The last row consists of rings of the fifteenth century. 
 Note high-relief of woman in onyx. 
 
 NECKLACES. 
 
 THIRD DIVISION, 
 
 Thirty-two necklaces. Note especially; 
 
 111114. Two vine-leaf necklaces, one of forty-eight and 
 Jhe other of forty-six leaves. (Pompeii.') 
 
 fl 13576. REMARKABLE NECKLACE of ribbon wire set with 
 eight large pearls and nine emeralds. At one end of it is 
 a gold disc set with an emerald, at the other end is a hook. 
 This is one of the richest necklaces of antiquity. (Length 
 315 millimetres). (Found near Pompeii, 1884). 
 
 21650. BULL^E PATRICIA. These trinkets were worn 
 round the necks of patrician boys in Roman times , and 
 were dedicated to the gods when the boys arrived at man's 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 31 
 
 estate! They were called "bullte" (bubbles) from their 
 shape, and are represented on the statues of boys of noble 
 birth. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25260. LONG GOLD CHAIN, beautifully worked. This chain 
 was found, together with several of the gold ornaments 
 already described, on the first floor of a house at Pompeii, 
 where eleven persons (whose skeletons were found) had 
 taken refuge. (Length, 2 3/4 yards). 
 
 24845-6. Two handsome brooches, to which two gold 
 pomegranates have been suspended. 
 
 24857. LION and SPHINX brooch. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25222-3. In the flat case are two remarkable buttons with 
 seated female figures in red enamel. (Pompeii.) 
 
 BRACELETS. 
 
 FOURTH DIVISION, 
 
 Eighty-one bracelets of various kinds. 
 
 *24825. Two large serpeatine bracelets, weighing two 
 pounds (the largest yet found). (House of the Faun, P.) 
 
 .109587. BRACELET of gold wire twisted into figures of 8. 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 *24842. BRACELET of two cornucopia wiih lions' heads. 
 (Herculaneum.) 
 
 The flat portion of this case contains some gold leaf, a 
 purse made of gold network , lady's hair-net of gold wire 
 in perfect preservation, fillets in gold braid. 
 
 ROCK CRYSTAL, AMBER. 
 
 FIFTH DIVISION, 
 
 Many fragments of rock crystal representing insects, cups, 
 a spoon, &c. Several agate scent bottles. (Pompeii.) 
 
 f27613. A CIRCULAR PIECE OF GLASS , usually called a 
 magnifying lens. This unique specimen has given rise to 
 much discussion. (Pompeii.) 
 
 Several fragments of amber, among them a small statuette 
 
32 UPPER FLOOR LEFT. 
 
 (25813) of a man wearing a wig, and wrapped in a mantle. 
 (Pompeii.) 
 
 The rest of the amber was found at Ruvo. 
 
 25810. A cock and a parrot in mother-of-pearl. 
 
 OTHERS OBJECTS IN SILVER. 
 
 LEFT CORNER, WALL-CASE, NEAR THE WINDOW, 
 
 A box containing fragments of silver from furniture de- 
 corations; much oxydised and mingled with lapilli. (P.) 
 Silver crescent, tweezers and clasps. (Pompeii.) 
 Bracelets, brooches, rings, necklace, and two strigils hung 
 on a ring. 
 
 RIGHT CORNER, WALL-CASE, NEAR THE WINDOW, 
 
 Many cups with saucers, in very good preservation. (P.) 
 NEXT WALL, 
 
 25695. Silver trays, one oblong, the others round. (H.) 
 WALL-CASE BEYOND THE DOOR (Tianging from top shelf). 
 
 25494. BRONZE SUN-DIAL faced with silver, in the shape 
 of a ham. The hours are indicated by radiating lines, 
 across which run irregular horizontal lines. Below these 
 are the names of the months. The tail served as a gnomon. 
 (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25496. Beneath the dial two delicate silver colanders are 
 suspended. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 CUPS. 
 
 Twenty eight cups, among which, two chased cups. 
 
 25372. Handsome vase with spiral ornament surmounted 
 with the head of a woman with her hair dressed in modern 
 style. 
 
 Pastry-mould in the shape of a shell. 
 
 Spoons of various shapes. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 Small spoons with pointed ends , which are thought to 
 have served as forks. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
COLLECTION OF GEMS. 33 
 
 Sixteen saucepans, the handles engraved with designs. 
 Sauce-ladles. (Pompeii and Herculaneum.) 
 
 LAST WALL-CASE (top shelf}, 
 
 Several cups adorned with exquisite foliage. Observe; 
 
 *25287. BACCHIC CUP, worked in bas-relief of ivy. 
 
 "25300. Mortar-shaped cup adorned with beautiful leaves 
 and sprays. (Pompeii.) 
 
 25495. Satyr seated on a rock playing the lyre before a 
 hermes. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 109688. Diminutive skeleton very well executed. (P.) 
 
 f25490. THE DEATH OF CLEOPATRA. A very fine bas- 
 relief on the reverse of a circular mirror. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25489. ABUNDANCE. Circular plaque , of perfect preser- 
 vation. (Pompeii.) 
 
 109331. Male figure seated beneath a tree. (Here.) 
 
 25492-3. DIANA AND APOLLO. Two medallions in high- 
 relief. 
 
 25699. A man and a woman conversing. Silver inlaid 
 on copper. (Herculaneum.) 
 
 25482-3. Two arms well moulded, belonging probably to 
 a statuette. 
 
 25497-8. Two hairpins, one representing Venus and Cupid, 
 the other Venus and Adonis. (Pompeii.) 
 
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