[Illustration: PLATE II. NECKLACES AND A BRACELET. 1. A necklace composed of genuine old carnelian beads, with spurious gold bottles. 2. Part of a necklace made of silver-gilt filigree work, with coloured glass scarabs—bought in Algiers. 3. A bracelet made up of imitation scarabs set in gold of a low carat. 4. A string of genuine old carnelian and spurious gold beads.] In Plate II are shown some interesting forged gold antiques. The necklace (No. 2) was bought by a lady in Algiers. It was represented to have been brought from Egypt, and was said to be composed of Egyptian scarabs made of precious stones and mounted in gold filigree work. The price paid for it was £16. Examination showed that the scarabs were composed of coloured glass, very badly cut, and the setting was merely silver gilt. The real value was under ten shillings. No. 1 shows a combination necklace composed of genuine old carnelian beads and spurious gold bottles. This was a fashionable form of necklace in the ancient days, and the present specimen is extremely well calculated to take in the unwary. The price asked for it was £18. The man had two others of a somewhat different design with him. The prices were £12 and £6 respectively. In each case the beads were old, and the gold had been covered with a kind of lacquer which gave it the appearance of age. So clever were the gold imitations that at first I really thought that they were real, and proceeded to bargain for them. We did not agree upon a price for the two largest necklaces, but I bought the smaller one (No. 4) for twelve shillings. No. 3 is a bracelet made up of imitation scarabs set in real gold of a low carat.