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Comprising fifty-six intaglios and intaglio fragments, motifs including: a helmetted Minerva, a cameo of a male bust with a labarum, a kneeling figure, a standing figure holding a long staff and a snake(?), a reclining quadruped before a tree, a leaping lion, and others. 16 grams total, 5-16 mm



Private collection, London.

Matching pair, round-section hoop with hook-and-eye closure, conical dangle with insert stone bead finial. 3.79 grams total, 37-39 mm



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

With intaglio cockerel on a baseline with frond; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.90 grams, 13.26 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Bulbous body with a shallow rib on the shoulder, a short tubular neck and an everted rim. 43.4 grams, 66 mm high



Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s.

Spherical pale blue millefiori glass bead with polychrome eye motifs melted in the surface. 1.05 grams, 10 mm



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

Lathe-turned with rounded outer face. 9.34 grams total, 19-24 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Comprising a hexagonal-section fusiform bead with a bronze wire mount and lateral dangles, a smaller facetted bead as a pendant. 8.12 grams, 49 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Miniature vessel with a squat body and a wide neck with a rolled rim, shallow foot. 9.72 grams, 33 mm



Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s.

Bulbous body with a rounded bottom and a tubular neck with a trumpet-like mouth. 52 grams, 10.7 cm



Acquired from Desmond Thomas, Crawford Street, 14th February 1962, for £2.00 and 10 shillings. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.88.

With a carinated body, everted neck and ribbed handle to one side. 497 grams, 18 cm



Ex old English collection. From the estate of a late Bristol, South West England, collector.

Composed of oblate and annular beads interspersed with larger spherical and oblate beads, restrung. 11.7 grams, 34.5 cm



Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Ellipsoid in plan with intaglio winged horse leaping from a baseline, starburst above the rump; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.46 grams, 13 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.