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LOT 0830
Roman and Later Artefact Group
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
3/4 - 2 1/4 in. (60 grams total, 21-56 mm).
Comprising: a heart-shaped openwork mount; a pelta-shaped openwork mount with stud to the reverse; a buckle; a domed strap divider; a conical strap-slider(?) with rope decoration; a decorative mount with foliate sprays; a bar with conical finials. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
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Roman Glass Bead Collection
Circa 1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Comprising seven blue glass melon beads and a ring-shaped bead with painted detailing. 66 grams total, 29-67 mm
Found City of London, UK. Acquired from mudlark Steve Brooker in the early 2000s. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Roman Bronze Statuette of Pan
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Modelled in the round figure of Faunus (Pan) in active pose with one leg raised, right arm bent in front of his chest, hair and tail billowing. 96 grams, 10.3 cm
Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995. with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1A 2JB, 1998-2003. Property of a London based academic, 2003-present. -
Romano-British 'Colchester' Samian Ware Sherd Group with Makers' Stamps
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Including sherds of rim and base with inked accession numbers; some with impressed stamps; inked collector's notes including 'Base Sherd / Potter's Stamp: Patrici.M. / (Patricius of Lezoux) / Provenance: Colchester'; with three display cards. 540 grams total, 6.5-16 cm
Found Colchester, Essex, UK, and Gaul. From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s. Accompanied by two old handwritten collection display cards noting the provenance as from 'South Gaul' and two original typed slips noting the provenance as 'Colchester'.
