Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Moon and Stars

Comprising two conjoined tapering tubular cells with laterally applied handles at the shoulder, decorated with applied trails; iridescent surface. 30.62 grams, 11.8 cm



From a specialist collection of glass, acquired from dealerships during the 1990s.

Comprising a tapering body with a Corinthian capital finial, a standing female figure atop the capital, dressed in long robes. 16 grams, 98 mm



Acquired in the 1980s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.

The pin seems to belong to the group 18 of the Cool's classification. The treatment of the figures in these pins varies greatly, including both the very 'Celtic' looking face on a pin from Cirencester and a Graeco-Roman figure type of Venus standing on a Corinthian capital from London. This great diversity of treatments clearly suggests that these pins were the occasional products of a wide variety of workshops.

Comprising a crescentic hollow-form body with applied filigree and pyramidal granule clusters, finials formed as coiled cones. 1.53 grams, 15.45 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.