With broad body and narrow foot, everted rim; incised bands flanking the median panel with vertical groups of points. 252 grams, 11.5 cm wide

Found UK.
From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK.
He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.

Including a dress pin and two probes, one with a pierced end for suspension. 10.2 grams total, 9.6-15.5 cm

Found City of London, UK.
Acquired from mudlark Steve Brooker in the early 2000s.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

Including ceramic rim fragments, terracotta figurine fragments, iron slag, decorated sherds and other items. 1.82 kg total, 2-10 cm

Found near Wetwang, East Yorkshire, UK.
Acquired 2005.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.

Ellipsoid carnelian gemstone with intaglio hound running on a baseline; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.95 grams, 13 mm

From a Swiss collection, 1980s onwards.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Including fragment of greyware pottery rim, glass oblate and other beads, a bone phallus amulet and other items; with late 19th century handwritten label 'Pottery / Roman Camp/ Capchoke' and 'Mr Stirling / St Boswells' inked to verso, along with postage tag attached with Victorian postage stamp stamped 'St Boswells 5th July 1896'. 48 grams total, 79 x 59 x 34 mm

Found at Camp Capchoke in the 19th century.
From the collection of Mr Stirling of St Boswells, UK, circa 1896, thence by descent.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

Accompanied by a handwritten provenance note.

Cf. Crummy, N., Greep, S., Hassall, M., Henig, M., Major, H., Webster, G., Wild, J.P., Colchester Archaeological Report 2: the Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-1979, Colchester, 1983, fig.32, no.524, for similar.

St Boswells is situated a few miles from Melrose, Scotland. Gadrooned beads like the ones here illustrated are found in 1st and 2nd century contexts and seem to have been introduced into this country at the conquest. Most are made of turquoise frit, which often decays to white. The dark blue glass here illustrated finds a perfect parallel with a specimen found in Colchester.

Including redware fragments, one stamped 'PALL[..]' and another with a lion-mask spout, bronze crest from a statuette of Mercury, bird finial, bone pin, and other items. 127 grams total, 30-68 mm

Found various sites in Essex, UK.
Property of an Essex collector.

Hollow-formed tongue-shaped lamp with chamfered sides, loop handle, large filler hole; low-relief rosette and other ornament to the discus, chamfered forward edge with seven nozzles. 238 grams, 13 cm

Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995.
with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003.
Property of a London based academic, 2003-present.

The lamp was probably a variant on the menorah with seven separate lights from a single source.

Modelled in the round in kneeling pose with weight thrust forward, arms at the sides, bare-chested and wearing a short kilt with thick belt; the hair drawn up in the Swabian knot style above the right ear; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 80 grams total, 58 mm including stand

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, item 1005, for similar.

Statuettes of foreign ‘barbarian’ prisoners of this type have been found along the Danube. Their spread coincides with the Marcomannic wars of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The Swabian knot in this warrior’s hair has parallels with the warrior depicted on the contemporary Sarcophagus of Portonaccio, which represents a battle between Romans and Germanic Gauls.

Comprising two aucissa type brooches, the pins absent; and a disc brooch with niello decoration, pin-lugs and remains of catch plate to the reverse. 17 grams total, 27-52 mm

Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.

Including a finger ring with enamelled bezel, a knee brooch, dress pin and other items. 31 grams total, 8-81 mm

Found on a multi-period site in East Yorkshire, UK.
Acquired circa 2006.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.

Hand-forged woodworking tool with substantial split socket, flat blade with scooped cutting edge. 248 grams, 17 cm

Found S.E. England, UK.
Acquired from Allan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK, circa 2006.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.

Cf. Adam, J.P., Roman Building, Materials and Techniques, Batsford, 2005, fig.45, for similar gouges.

Two with intaglio standing figure, one with a dolphin and one with a scarab. 1.2 grams total, 8-10 mm

From the Altstetton collection, Switzerland, 1969.