Our worthy Member, the Dean of Rippon, presents to the Society a Drawing of an uncommon and curious Font in the Church of South Kilvington, in Yorkshire, with an account of it.

I am willing to hope that we shall receive from him a farther account of the Minster, over which he so worthily presides, and which well deserves a full description.

At the request of the Rev. Dr. Cooke, Rector of Tortworth, in Gloucestershire, I send you herewith an ancient horn, much resembling the celebrated horn of Ulphus, preserved in the cathedral at York, (an engraving of which is published in the first volume of the Monumenta Vetusta), and a very curious piece of carving in Ivory, in bas-relief, both belonging to Richard Haynes, Esq. of Wick, in the county of Gloucester; begging that you will exhibit them to the Society of Antiquaries, at the first convenient opportunity. I subjoin a note of what immediately occurs to me on the subject of the bas-relief, which appears to bear a near analogy to some of those on the curious ivory casket, which formerly belonged to the Rev. John Bowie, and after-wards to Mr. Brander, and which is now in the possession of Mr. Douce; the bas-reliefs of which have been published by Mr. Carter, in his work on the Remains of Ancient Sculpture and Painting: like those, it seems to have been taken from some allegorical romance. The date of this may be very nearly ascertained, from a peculiarity in the armour of some of the Knights, which, I believe, first occurs in the latter end of the thirteenth century, and did not continue in fashion longer than the fourteenth.

I should be much obliged by your submitting the several articles that accompany this letter to the inspection of the Society of Antiquaries, if you think them deserving of attention: and I much wish it were in my power to furnish any better account of them, than that of mere description, and the mode and place of their discovery.

The antient Pitcher, of which the drawing hereunto annexed is a most correct picture and representation, was found about a twelve-month ago in a very wild and uncultivated part of the county of Lanark, and parish of Lesmahago.

The particular spot where it was taken up is in a farm called Sadlerhead, about half-way between the parish church and Douglas Miln Inn, and only a mile distant in a S. W. direction from the post road.

I take the liberty of sending you the enclosed drawing. It represents something (I know not what to call it) lately found by a poor peasant in the neighbourhood of Ballycastle, in the county of Antrim. It is made of the purest gold, and weighs twenty-two ounces. It is made of three distinct pieces, twisted in the manner represented in the drawing. It is in the hands of a gentleman at Ballycastle, who wishes to dispose of it for the person who found it. It struck me as being a very singular curiosity; I therefore requested it might not be disposed of, until I should have the honour of writing to you about it, as I thought it very likely it might be thought worthy of a place in the British Museum. The hook at one end was broken off by the person who found it, but it is preserved. I desired that the length of the hooks should be given, with the other dimensions; this has been neglected, but I think they are two inches long. They are solid, and certainly were not soldered to the twisted part. I flatter myself you will excuse the liberty I have taken in addressing you in this respect.

The enclosed paper contains an account of the opening of the great Barrow at Stow-heath, near Aylsham, in Norfolk, in July 1808. If you think it deserving of attention, I hope you will have the goodness to communicate it to the Antiquarian Society.