A 19th century porphyry and silver brooch with history relating to Dr. Lukis and Lihou Island, th

A 19th century porphyry and silver brooch with history relating to Dr. Lukis and Lihou Island, the rectangular polished Egyptian porphyry stone in a silver floral and acanthus decorated mount, with bar back bearing the engraved inscription, `Relique, trouvee l`An 1838, dans les Ruines de l`Eglise de la Sainte, Ile de Lihou batie A. D. 1114.`, 2.25 x 1.75in. (5.5 x 4.5cm.), together with a typed manuscript copied from `Collectanea Antiqua of Dr. Lukis, Vol. V, p.192`, detailing the history behind the stone, and two Roman coins believed to have been found at the same site. (4) * History describes how this stone was found in the ruins of the church on Lihou Island in 1838, by Dr. Lukis, ".....Near the South Wall we sank a small shaft below the tiles in order to ascertain if any sepulchral remains were deposited in the chapel. During this examination several coins were collected and in removing a tile on the same side of the chancel there appeared at a depth of a foot beneath it a piece of porphyry and the bone of a human toe. Both these appeared to have been placed there for concealment.". The stone was cut into three parts and presented to Dr. Lukis`s three daughters, including Louisa Elizabeth Lukis, wife of the Revd. William Thomas Collings, Seigneur of Sark.