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LOT 0877
Roman Mosaic Stone Tesserae Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 1/2 in. (350 grams total, 9-14 mm).
A mixed group of two hundred and fifty single tesserae of various colours and sizes, mainly cuboid [250, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Romano-British 'Poultry' Samian Ware Sherd Group
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Two fragments of redware bowl rim, the larger with handwritten label 'Roman / from the Poultry, London Dec.1928' and record card 'Fragment Decorated Samian Bowl. Found: The Poultry, London, Dec. 21. 1928'; the smaller with handwritten label ''Roman / the Poultry / Dec.21.1928'. 60 grams total, 58-65 mm
Found Poultry, London, UK, 1928. From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s. -
Roman Silver Standing Figure
3rd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Modelled with toga to the left shoulder, right arm bent, D-section head. 7.4 grams, 37 mm
Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. -
Romano-British 'Waldingham' Floor Tile
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Square terracotta tegula with accretion to underside, old collector's label 'Roman Floor Tile (with original cement) from the Bathhouse / Woldingham, Surrey'. 17.5 kg, 28 x 29 cm
Found Woldingham, Surrey, UK. From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
