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LOT 1682
Roman and Other 'Colchester' Pottery Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1 1/4 - 12 5/8 in. (8.4 kg total including box, 3-32 cm).
Including: mortaria, cooking vessels, tableware and other types, plus stone age axe fragments and a domestic animal jaw bone with teeth. [58, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Colchester, UK. (UK buyers only, not for export)
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.
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Very Large Decorated Bronze Age Fibula
Circa 8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Comprising of leech-shaped bow, body decorated with transverse bands of diagonal hatched lines and three lines to slightly raised ends, flat rectangular catch-plate; tapering round-section pin. 211 grams, 12 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
Large Bronze Age Bracelet Pair
Central Europe, 10th-8th century B.CSold for (Inc. bp): £338
Each a penannular band with coiled finials, median rib to the lentoid plaque. 70 grams total, 52-56 mm
Private European collection, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Bronze Age Gold Tripartite Penannular Ring
Middle Bronze Age, circa 1300-1550 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
Penannular in form, composed of three individual rods soldered into a single unit. 6.30 grams, 13.30 mm overall, 8.15 mm internal diameter
Found on 29th December 2022 from Bawdsey, Suffolk, UK. Declared as treasure and subsequently disclaimed as 2023 T70. Recorded and accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SF-5342CD.
