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LOT 0642
Roman Bronze Nail Cleaner and Tweezer Collection
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 - 2 in. (10.3 grams total, 25-51 mm).
Comprising: two pairs of tweezers; three nail cleaners, two with balustered finials. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector.
From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000.
Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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