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LOT 0919
Roman Bronze Serrated Medical Forceps
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
5 5/8 in. (46 grams, 14.2 cm).
With long rectangular-section arms serrated at the end, finial formed as a disc with scroll decoration; accompanied by a slip reading 'Roman, Decorated Bronze Forceps, C. 1st-2nd century AD. Large, finely decorated pair of bronze forceps, with long, slightly expanding arms & serrated grips, indicating it may have been used as a medical instrument. Provenance: O'Bee Collection, acquired in the 1980's & believed to have been found in East Anglia. Published in Bennets R-22-0106, pg 232. ref. Similar example in Metropolitan Museum of Art, no: 74.51.5435.' [No Reserve]
Provenance
Believed found in East Anglia, UK.
Ex M. O'Bee collection; acquired in the 1980s.
Ex Noonans, London, UK.
Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip.
Published
Hammond, A., Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Benet's fourth edition, p.368, item R22-0106.
Literature
See The British Museum, item registration number 2001,0302.5.
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