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LOT 0627
Roman Glass Bead Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1/8 - 1/2 in. (93 grams total, 5-13 mm).
Comprising a mix of irregular opaque rust-red glass large-holed oblate-shaped beads. [107, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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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Roman Enamelled Bronze Brooch
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Of Wirral type, the bow with three raised vertical panels with alternating enamelled cells in each panel, central panel with some blue enamel, the side panels with yellow enamel; rounded foot; pin and hinge absent. 13.09 grams, 54 mm
Found Thornton, Sefton, Merseyside, UK, in 2014. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.LVPL-BFF3DB. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The Wirral brooch is thought to have been derived from the trumpet brooch, and is called such as the earliest discovery of this type was from the Wirral. It is now thought that the main, and possibly only, production site was based in Wirral. -
Romano-British Redware Tile Sherd Group from Crocololana
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Including fragments of tile and strainer, and other items. 4.26 kg total, 4-13.1 cm
Found whilst fieldwalking near Roman settlement of 'Crocololana', Borough, Lincolnshire, UK, 2003-2005. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with Hunter Spearing a Boar
2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Squat lamp with pierced lug handle and short nozzle; shoulder with band of radiating feathers, discus with hunter wearing a cloak and stabbing a boar emerging from a thicket; concentric rings to underside. 137 grams, 11.9 cm
Acquired from Parthenon Gallery, London WC1, UK, before 2000. Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, private collector. Accompanied by an illustrated collector's identification tag. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
