Modelled in the round wearing a crested Phrygian cap and mantle; three piercing to the chest to accept mounting pins. 68.6 grams, 68 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
With piriform body, tubular neck with flat rim, applied undulating amber glass trail below the mouth. 50 grams, 11.8 cm
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 268, for type.
Lentoid bezel with intaglio figure of a deer recumbent on a baseline. 1.33 grams, 17.70 mm overall, 15.36 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
With a substantial hoop with fluted shoulders, bezel set with a later orange carnelian intaglio, engraved with an image of standing Apollo holding a wreath and patera, palm frond and an amphora on a baseline. 12.81 grams, 25.23 mm overall, 18.89 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
With flat-section shank, tapering to beast-head finials. 21.48 grams, 66 mm
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
With slightly dished bowl, shank cast with voids simulating a guilloche, loop finial with pointillé detailing. 25 grams, 18 cm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
Composed of variously shaped graduated beads with a central cylindrical feature bead. 24.1 grams, 42 cm long
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
With facetted shoulders, disc bezel with low-relief portrait bust. 5.76 grams, 25.26 mm overall, 17.31 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 206, for type.
Modelled as a standing cockerel with hollow-form body and flared base, large pellet eyes and feather detailing to the tail. 13.5 grams, 41 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Including a knife pommel, buckle loop with addorsed horse-heads, phallic mount and other items. 68.5 grams total, 20-40 mm
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Modelled in the round nude with winged petasos, coin-bag in the proper right hand, caduceus resting on the left forearm, short mantle over left shoulder. 48 grams, 67 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
With three facetted knops to the crossbar, the upper one with beaded collar, and pierced moulding to the upper face, deep bow, stepped junction with foot, trapezoidal foot with ring-and-dot motifs and integral catch; hinged pin to reverse; Keller Type 4. 47.7 grams, 64 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. Mackreth, D.F., Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011, vol.2, pl.140, item 12576.