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LOT 0657
Roman Bronze Implement Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 - 6 3/4 in. (36.1 grams total, 5.2-17 cm).
Including cosmetic nail-cleaner, dress-pin, spike-handled spoon and other items. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
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Romano-British 'Colchester' Samian Ware Sherd Group
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising four curved sherds of burnished redware with carinated profile and scrolled tendrils in low-relief with rosettes and palmettes; with old collector's card 'Fragments of same Samian Decorated Bowl. / La Graufesenque / Nero-Vespasian Period / Found Colchester'. 83 grams total, 13-15 cm
Found Colchester, Essex, UK. 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 an old handwritten catalogue information card. -
Roman Bronze Ring with Gryphon and Shield Gemstone
Mid 3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
With a possibly later inset red jasper plaque with incuse gryphon supporting a shield or spoked wheel. 9.94 grams, 23.87 mm overall, 16.67 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H, USA 3 3/4, Europe 6.18, Japan 6)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman and Other Glass Bead Necklace
1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £156
Restrung designer group of graduated seed beads, oblate, biconvex and other types, the centrepiece a polyhedral bead. 15.7 grams, 41 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery.
