_Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers._ _In the Alcove_ ARM-CHAIR, mahogany, with solid vase-shaped splat and seat covered with leather. Height, 3 ft. 5½ in. First half of the XVIIIth century. _Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers._ _Near the South Wall_ TABLE, oak, with plain column legs. Length, 6 ft. 8½ in. In the style of the XVIIth century. _Lent by the Worshipful Company of Stationers._ _Against the East Wall_ ARM-CHAIR and CHAIR, mahogany, with pierced splats, and seats covered with horsehair. Height (arm-chair), 3 ft. 8½ in. Height (chair), 3 ft. 2½ in. Middle of the XVIIIth century. _Lent by the Worshipful Company of Stationers._ CARD-TABLE, rosewood, with hinged top inlaid with floral designs in mother-of-pearl. Height, 2 ft.; top, 2 ft. 8¼ in. Early XVIIIth century (with Chinese inlay). _Lent by the Worshipful Company of Stationers._ ARM-CHAIR and TWO CHAIRS, mahogany, each with pierced splat and leaf carving; seats covered with horsehair. Height (arm-chair), 3 ft. 2 in. Height (chair), 3 ft. 1 in. Third quarter of the XVIIIth century. _Lent by the Master of the Charterhouse._ _Near the Octagonal Table_ PAIR OF STOOLS, of oak. Height, 1 ft. 8 in., and 1 ft. 10½ in. XVIth century. _Lent by the Master of the Charterhouse._ _Near the South Wall_ DESK, mahogany, with hinged slope for writing and drawing in upper part, the stand fitted with a drawer supported on two central legs. Height, 4 ft. Width, 3 ft. End of the XVIIIth century. _Lent by the Master of the Charterhouse._ _On the Long Table_ VASE, “crater” shaped, with two handles. On each side are painted the arms of the East India Company, with a rose spray below: the ground is pink, and all mouldings are heavily gilt. Mark impressed on the base, F B B under a crown (Flight, Barr and Barr, Worcester, 1813-40). English, XIXth century. _Lent by Mr. Herbert Allen._ TWO “NANKING” DISHES. Oval blue-and-white dishes, forming part of a dinner service, each piece of which bears the crest of the Merchant Taylors’ Company, viz.: a lamb, bearing on its shoulder a banner, charged with a cross. Chinese, XVIIIth century. _Lent by the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors._ _On the Desk_ _The Master’s Bell of the Haberdashers’ Company._ White metal table-bell, with decorations of an armorial character between two bands of inscriptions: “LOF GOD VAN AL” and “ME FECIT JOHANNES A FINE AO 1549.” Johannes A Fine of Malines is well known as a maker of _clochettes_, of which some forty are recorded as bearing his name. Flemish, XVIth century. _Lent by the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers._ _On the Mantelpiece_ PAIR OF BRASS CANDLESTICKS, shaped like Corinthian columns. English, early XIXth century. _Lent by the Secretary of State for India._ TIMEPIECE in mahogany, lancet-shaped case, the dial inscribed: “THWAITES AND REED.” About 1820. _Lent by the Secretary of State for India._ _On the Octagonal Table_