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LOT 0665
Roman Bronze and Silver Brooch Collection
CIRCA 2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 2 1/2 in. (149 grams total, 27-65 mm).
Comprising a variety of brooch types, including openwork plate brooches; ornate trumpet brooches; a letter 'S'; a discoid plate brooch with glass centre encircled by remains of gilt punch motifs and tinned reverse; an openwork axe brooch; together with a range of other types, most decorated; all without pins. [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
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Roman Gold Hercules Knot Ring with Beads
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With slender wire shank formed into a knot for the bezel, blue glass seed beads to the shoulders and a gold collar with applied granule detailing. 0.99 grams, 17.07 mm overall, 15.75 mm internal diameter (approximate size British F 1/2, USA 3, Europe 4.3, Japan 4)
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Roman Bone Child's Doll
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
The free-standing human figure carved with a long neck and voluminous hairstyle, with a stylised face and suggestions of necklaces; remains of a previously articulate arm held at a right angle to the body, hoop earrings with bead ornament to both ears. 133 grams, 18.5 cm
London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Large Roman Bronze Millefiori Mount
Circa 2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Discoid in form with chamfered side edge and mounting lug to reverse centre, decorated with concentric circles populated with red and blue enamelled square cells. 12.9 grams, 42 mm
Found near Great Walsingham, Norfolk, UK, circa 2005.
