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LOT 0900
Roman Bronze Toilet Implement Group
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 - 3 5/8 in. (14.6 grams total, 40-93 mm).
Comprising: applicator with head finial; tag with nail cleaner; hair pin with balustered shank; cosmetic spoon. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found City of London, UK.
Acquired from mudlark Steve Brooker in the early 2000s.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Literature
See Allason-Jones, L. & Miket, R., The Catalogue of Small Finds from South Shields Roman Fort, Newcastle, 1984, for discussion.
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