158 ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE. to have been intended to fit into a trivet or stand over the fire ; it is in excellent preser- vation, and is as sharp and perfect as when new, except that it has had a crack in the rim and a small piece of copper neatly rivetted on it. Its depth outside is 9 in., inside 8|, diameter, top 8^ outside, 7l5 inside, bottom outside 5 inches. This vessel bears resem- blance in form to the situla, or holy-water stoup, such as was used in churches during the fourteenth or fifteenth century. — A piece of ornamental bronze set with carbuncles, or rubies, and which had been gilt, but is in too imperfect a state to determine what its use had been. With these was also found a seal- ring, which appears to be of later date than the rest. It is of brass ; the impress is an ob- long octagon, the device is the word Pa.T Avith a crown above, and a heart and palm- branches below. The whole of these are care- fully preserved by his lordship at the palace, where, by his kind permission, the drawings were made from which the annexed repre- sentations have been executed. It is a question of interest, to what period the curious glass vases found at Cuddcsden may properly be assigned. Some persons i ill I S V'll
