Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
With flared shoulders and arcading, inset carnelian cloison with intaglio cross with pair of fish. 1.85 grams, 20.46 mm overall, 17.28 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)
Ex private London, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, items 193, 194.
With D-section sloping shoulders and integral bezel, incuse image of two perching birds. 4.98 grams, 22.63 mm overall, 17.30 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
Discoid with integral loop, reserved female profile bust, 1.53 grams, 20 mm
Ex property of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1969-1999, thence by descent.
With tapering lower body and ribbed collars, sub-circular eraser to the terminal. 8.05 grams, 10.5 cm
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Astragalus bones, one pierced with incised panel. 8.92 grams total, 30-33 mm
Acquired 1980-2000.
Ex property of an American collector.
Right hand in relaxed stance with gently curled fingers, socket to rear for attachment. 7.9 grams, 23 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Mount formed as a comic actor's mask with braided wig, exaggerated scooped mouth and grotesque features, hollow to the reverse. 32.1 grams, 33 mm
From the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s.
With a lozenge-shaped body decorated with a ring-and-dot lug to each corner, suspension loops to each side of two of the lugs; tiered face embellished with small millefiori floral motifs on a royal blue background surrounding a lighter coloured central disc; pin lugs and partial pin to the reverse. 10 grams, 48 mm
Acquired in Switzerland, 1995.
Private collection, Europe.
Matched pair, each an ellipsoid cell with rosette surround, hook to the reverse, hollow teardrop dangle below. 4.17 grams total, 37-38 mm
Ex European private collection, 1990s.
Acquired from a London, UK, gallery.
property of an Essex gentleman.
Two small fragments of cement floor with cuboid tesserae embedded. 31 grams total, 39-49 mm
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.
Modelled in the round figure with hands on the hips, legs crossed, head tilted, rectangular plaque above. 23 grams, 64 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Modelled in the round standing with toga drawn around his body, scroll clasped in his right hand. 3.85 grams, 30 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.