Composed mainly of polychrome glass, faience, lapis lazuli and other beads of various sizes and types, including tubular, annular, spherical, ribbed and other types. 67 grams total, 2-68 mm

Ex W.J. collection, 1990s.

Composed of a shallow oval bowl and stem flaring towards a decoratively notched terminal, beast head in relief to the neck and geometric motifs to the stem. 50 grams, 15 cm

English collection, early 2000s.
Ex central London gallery.

With broad circular bow, barrel-type shank with pierced bit, mandrel to the upper bow. 4.49 grams, 41 mmFine condition.

Found Cambridgeshire, UK.

The lower body decorated with raised 'pimples'; shallow kick-up; iridescent surfaces. 15.9 grams, 58 mmFine condition.

Ex private collection, 1980s.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.

Three onion-knops and pierced decoration to the headplate, facetted bow and footplate with semi-circular cross-section, conjoined peltate border and geometric motifs to the centre, bow with geometric motifs and possibly facing human head; complete with pin and catchplate to reverse. 56 grams, 73 mm

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 1999.42, for a similar example; PAS DUR-57B5D5, in Leahy, K. and Lewis, M., Finds Identified II, London, 2020, p.30.

During the Late Roman period, these brooches were worn as marks of rank both by officers of militia armata and non armata, i.e. military and civilian officers.

Ellipsoid bezel with incuse figure holding a sword and dagger. 3.68 grams, 22.36 mm overall, 19.10 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20 , Japan 19)

Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.

Formed with stylised anatomical detailing and an integral suspension loop. 8.23 grams, 33 mm

Acquired on the EU art market around 2000.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.

With large suspension loop, curved shank and leaf-shaped finial. 8.61 grams, 35 mm

Acquired on the German art market around 2000.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 759, for type.

Formed with an openwork body showing simple detailing to the standing figure and animal; pin and catchplate intact to reverse. 3.5 grams, 26 mm

Found near Elmstead, Essex, 2005.
Property of an Essex gentleman.

Comprising a shallow U-section curved head and rectangular handle folded at the top to create a suspension loop to reverse; repaired. 50 grams, 23.5 cm

Acquired on the German art market around 2000.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 74.51.5468, for similar.

Displaying the face of a bearded god, possibly Cernunnos or Pan, with curly hair and two horns in the shape of phallus; suspension ring to the top. 25.6 grams, 45 mm

Acquired in the 1990s.
Ex property of a UK gentleman.

The head displays typical features associated with Romano-Celtic art, such as the lentoid eyes and the schematic rendering of the hair and beard. The head could be that of Pan, god of the wild countryside and of fertility in nature, thus making the phalli-shaped horns appropriate. It could also represent the Celtic god Cernunnos, a Gallic deity whose worship is known from Britain and the Continent from a number of monuments, inscriptions and figurines, as well as on the famous Gundestrup cauldron found in a bog in Denmark. His name means "the Horned One", and is depicted as a bearded male wearing a torc around his neck and with large horns or antlers on his head. Representations of him are known from as early as the fourth century B.C. from the Paspardo rock carving at Val Camonica, Northern Italy. Other representations include the monument set up by Parisian sailors which was discovered underneath Notre Dame cathedral, and the relief carving from Cirencester where his legs are in the form of two snakes. The Celts' preoccupation with fecundity caused them on occasions to represent their male gods with oversized phalli, and a bronze figure of Mercury from Tongres, France, depicts the god with two phalli on his head.

The lower body of piriform shape, cylindrical neck and everted rim; iridescent surfaces. 27.2 grams, 12.5 cm high

Acquired 1969-1999.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, thence by descent.

Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1870,0402.743, for similar.