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LOT 0114
Roman Red Millefiori Plate Brooch
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (9.52 grams, 27 mm).
A lozengiform plate brooch with sub-circular lugs to each corner and shallow decorative notching along each straight edge, the lugs with a red enamel fill, the centre displaying a millefiori panel composed of square tiles alternating between red squares within a yellow border and a dark blue cross with red centre in a red border; pin lug, pin and catchplate to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx European collection.
Acquired in the mid 1990s.
Property of a Harrow, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Hattatt, R., A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, Oxbow Books, 2000, fig.573, for type; cf. The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, record ids. SOM-1FBF61 and LVPL-4824A4, for very similar examples.
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