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LOT 0146
Roman Bronze Scallop Shell Chariot Mount
2ND CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (351 grams, 12.7 cm).
Formed as a scallop shell with integral staple and spurs developing to a ring with disc above and square-section mounting spike.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1960s.
Private collection, Rosenheim, Germany.
Private collection, England.
Cf. Boucher, S., Inventaire des Collections Publiques Françaises - 17 Vienne: Bronzes Antiques, Paris, 1971, items 658ff, pp.200-201.
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LOT 0146
Roman Bronze Scallop Shell Chariot Mount
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Roman to Medieval Bronze Ring Collection
1st-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Including a broad hoop type with flared rims, a wire type with coils, an ellipsoid bezel type with low-relief horse and others. 30.9 grams total, 20-26 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Roman Bronze Military Belt Mount Collection
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising: an amphora-shaped strap end decorated with rings and dots, the centre ornamented by a star surrounded by small dots and circles; a shield-shaped strap end, with a concave crescent on each side; an openwork decorated fitting with a kidney shaped motif in each quarter; a shield-shaped decorated strap end, with kidney-shaped openwork design; and a propeller shaped mount. 75 grams total, 29-66 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
In Britain like in all of the West, all the elements intended for the embellishment of belts and harnesses also evolved towards new forms, the geometry of which bears witness to strong Germanic influences. Beside the typical propeller stiffener belts (Richborough), probably of Danubian origin, we have less ornate wide-belt types, represented by the Winchester example. Belt-plaques of triangular shape, often gilded, beast-shaped at the extremity, were excavated in the south of Britain (Cirencester). Rigid belt-plates with the buckle shaped like a dolphin came from Richborough, Wye and Sleaford (class 3, type B, Sommer), Tripontium, Mucking, Wycombe, Alwalton (type I-B, Hawkes, also in Richborough) and type Mainz, Savgar, Totanés (Colchester, often with associated propeller stiffeners). Type Hawkes I-A and I-B present similarities with the Simancas typologies, found in Lankhills. The type Tirig is attested at Lydney Park, the Böhme A in Richborough. Strap ends are usually heart-shaped or amphora-shaped (Richborough). These belt fittings were characteristic of the Roman army in Britain at the beginning of the 5th century. -
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Roman Marble Head of a Lady
2nd century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £234
Carved in the round with detailed hairstyle comprising a braid and coil to the rear of the head; the facial features soft and rounded, mouth in a half-smile; mounted on a display-stand. 520 grams total, 11.5 cm including stand
4 1/2 in.
Acquired before 2000. From an English private collection.
