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LOT 0627
Late Roman Green Glass Vessel
4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (44.8 grams, 70 mm).
With squat oblate body, tubular neck with occlusion at the lower end and flared returned rim, pontil base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Allan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK, 2004.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
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Roman and Other Counter Collection
1st century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £338
Comprising plano-convex, discoid and other types in bone and glass. 20 grams total, 17-23 mm
Found on the Thames foreshore, UK. Acquired from Red House Antiques, York, 2009. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK. -
Roman Bone and Other Gaming Counter Collection
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Including a pierced biconvex counter, black glass spinner, tubular bone bead, terracotta counter and other items. 124 grams total, 7-39 mm
Found on the Thames foreshore, UK. Acquired from Red House Antiques, York, 2009. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK. -
Roman 'Camp Capchoke' Artefact Collection
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Including fragment of greyware pottery rim, glass oblate and other beads, a bone phallus amulet and other items; with late 19th century handwritten label 'Pottery / Roman Camp/ Capchoke' and 'Mr Stirling / St Boswells' inked to verso, along with postage tag attached with Victorian postage stamp stamped 'St Boswells 5th July 1896'. 48 grams total, 79 x 59 x 34 mm
Found at Camp Capchoke in the 19th century. From the collection of Mr Stirling of St Boswells, UK, circa 1896, thence by descent. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. Accompanied by a handwritten provenance note.
St Boswells is situated a few miles from Melrose, Scotland. Gadrooned beads like the ones here illustrated are found in 1st and 2nd century contexts and seem to have been introduced into this country at the conquest. Most are made of turquoise frit, which often decays to white. The dark blue glass here illustrated finds a perfect parallel with a specimen found in Colchester.
