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Comprising a horizontal bar with a ledge to the reverse and base of loop above, segmented median panel, discoid panel beneath with facing male mask surrounded by radiating billets. 84.9 grams, 65 mm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

The mask resembles the male gorgoneion in the temple of Sulis Minerva at Bath, Somerset. The design is inspired by pre-Roman mythic themes but executed according to Roman taste.

Squat in profile with shallow bowl, broad curved rim with low-relief leaf motif and carination to the inner face; low flared foot; in form a variant of Type Dragendorff 42. 166 grams, 13.7 cm wide



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Squat in profile with tall, trumpet-style neck and everted rim. 10.4 grams, 41 mm



From a specialist collection of glass, acquired from dealerships during the 1990s.

Composed of brown, aubergine, grey, and other coloured beads with a large feature pendant, restrung. 32.7 grams, 40 cm



Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Broad hollow-formed body with rounded shoulder and stub nozzle, lug handle to rear; low-relief frieze with naked Harpocrates beside a facing toga-clad figure and Maenad with thyrsus. 122 grams, 12.5 cm



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

With a wide rectangular bow raised in the centre, red and green enamel to the outer face and traces of niello to the sides; catchpate and pit to the reverse. 8.73 grams, 39 mm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Buckle counter-plate decorated in late Roman military style with central panel of scrolls with guilloche bands and billeting, triangular extension to rear edge with triskele within a guilloche border and hare-and-hounds motif to the edge; rolled rim to the forward edge and three piercings, one with rivet in situ. 47 grams, 73 mm



Acquired in the 1980s. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Modelled in the round with a shallow socket behind the bust, Minerva facing and wearing a crested helmet. 20.4 grams, 39 mm



London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.

Squat in profile with a broad base, sturdy bulbous body, everted and rolled rim. 27.36 grams, 51 mm



From the collection of Dr Gerhard Muller-Afers, Speyer; thence by family descent. Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above.

Piriform body with flattened base and expanding rim. 7.13 grams, 25 mm



London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.

Fragments of wall plaster with rendered surface painted with mainly Pompeii red, pale blue, brown and white detailing; some with an impression of timber laths to the reverse. 1.18 kg total, 6.5-14.8 cm



Acquired in the 19th century. Ex Jeger collection, Switzerland. UK gallery, early 2000s.

These small fragments, by analogy with the fragments of Pompeii, seem to belong to the second style of Roman painting - red panels representing highlight and shadow, decorated with vegetal interlaces. A red grenade fillet probably framed some panels. A fragment shows alternate blue and red colours over a cream background, maybe pertinent to a socle.

Rectangular in plan with shallow dish to the centre forming a patera; incised foliage ornament to each straight end. 8.59 grams, 43 mm



From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970s, by descent.