Antique gems and rings . Panther, or Lynx, about to make a spring. Banded agate. (Beverley.) 9. Amulet against the stroke of the Evil Eye: that organ itself surrounded by tlieeasily recognisable attributes of the deities presiding over the several days of the (Praun.) 10. Symbolical Ring, upon which rests the Gryllus, supposed to form its intaglio,surrounded by the emblems of the chief gods, amongst which the most curious are theconical caps (apices) of the three Flamens. Sard. (Maskelyne.) 11. Triple Mask; set in a niediajval gold ring, with tlie legend Nowel. (Brnyhrooke.) 12. Loc
Antique gems and rings . Panther, or Lynx, about to make a spring. Banded agate. (Beverley.) 9. Amulet against the stroke of the Evil Eye: that organ itself surrounded by tlieeasily recognisable attributes of the deities presiding over the several days of the (Praun.) 10. Symbolical Ring, upon which rests the Gryllus, supposed to form its intaglio,surrounded by the emblems of the chief gods, amongst which the most curious are theconical caps (apices) of the three Flamens. Sard. (Maskelyne.) 11. Triple Mask; set in a niediajval gold ring, with tlie legend Nowel. (Brnyhrooke.) 12. Locust strutting along, carrying a cornucopia, whence emerge Capricorn anda Bee. The whole composition is intended likewise to produce the efTect of that populardesign, the Cock bearing off the palm of victory. Sardoine. (UzielU.) 13. Bunch of Grapes, made up out of two Satyric and three Comic masks, comi)lefedby tlie addition of a few berries: one of tlie most ingenious eonipusitions of the jasper. (King.) ( 73 ). COrrER-PLATES OF MISCELLANEOUS OEMS. No. 1. The Pelas<;ic Hermes: his petasus is formed out of the upper .shell oftortoise, as Winckelmanu has observed of other archaic fiL;;ures of this god. Sard.{Kimj.) 2. Jupiter Ammon, in three-quarter face; early Greek engraving, probably ofCyrenian workmanship, and retaining its original setting. Sard. (^Kiiicj.) 3. Proserpine, or Arethnsa: fine modern imitation of the Greek manner. Sard.(King.) 4. Diana: highly-finished Greek work. Jacinth. (Hertz.) 5. The Dying Medusa; apparently antique work gone over again by a good modernhand. Peridot. (From the Pullini Cabinet.) 6. Saturn, with veiled head. Sard. (King.) 7. Young Faun. The action of the shoulders shows the whole figure to be in theattitude of dragging along old Fatlier Silenus. Sard. (King.) 8. Melpomene apostrophising a Tragic Mask placed on a cippus before to Agostinis mode of interpretation, we behold here the Muse consulting theoracle of her son
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