Large Roman Amber Glass Vessel

With single-edged blade gently curving towards the tip; applied bone handle with diagonally striated banding. 38.1 grams, 17.5 cm



Found near Wetwang, East Yorkshire, UK. Acquired from the finder in 2007. Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.

Tools which cannot be assigned to one of the more specific categories, such as agricultural or military equipment especially knife blades, tool handles, and hones. Three methods of attaching a handle to the tang of a knife or tool are distinguishable in the Roman culter. Rivetting was used on two-piece handles (like in our specimen). Driving the tang into the marrow-cavity of the bone, which was usually packed with wood-shavings, so that the irregularities of cancellous tissue and the wood-shavings prevented the tang from twisting or slipping out (often a collar was also used with this method). Lastly, the tang could be fixed to the handle by means of an iron clip.

Central motif of a bust of a goddess with modius (Ceres?); filling-hole in lower left field, voluted angular-tipped nozzle, base slightly raised. 41.3 grams, 80 mm



From the collection of a High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman, circa 2000.

The lamp belongs to the type Loeschcke Type I C. This kind of lamp belongs to the early Flavian phase of workshop production. The discus decorations are related to amphitheatre and circus, to mythology, animals, everyday life, and symplegma.

Comprising a spherical body with shank and pierced knop finial; old collector's label with inked 'ancient Roman / 1st cent. / Exe. minster'. 351 grams, 10.4 cm



From a North London, UK, collection. Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK.

The weight was inserted inside the shaft of a steelyard arm, calibrated on three or more sides with lines and Roman numerals, each providing different scales of pondera (weights).