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LOT 0748
Roman Silver Ring with Carnelian Animal Gemstone
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.27 grams, 22.88 mm overall, 19.48 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).
With wide shoulders and a rub-over bezel set with an orange carnelian intaglio engraved with a standing horned quadruped, possibly a goat.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 0748
Roman Silver Ring with Carnelian Animal Gemstone
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£70 (EUR 81; USD 95) +BP*
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Late Roman Bronze Bracelet
5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Penannular bracelet with rectangular-section body and flared terminals with pointillé decoration. 15.1 grams, 64 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Terracotta Bottle
Circa 2nd century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With piriform body, tapering tubular neck with everted flange rim; collector's label 'F/20' to base. 68 grams, 12.6 cm
From the collection of the late Bernard C. Pickard, Hampshire, UK, the owner of Bernard C. Pickard Antiquities, which closed in 1987, he had been collecting since the mid 1950s. Accompanied by a typed information display card.
Bernard Pickard was a close friend of Richard Hattatt, the renowned author of several books on ancient brooches. Hattatt acknowledges in his first book, Ancient & Romano-British Brooches, published in 1982, that Mr Pickard first aroused his interest in brooches and inspired him in writing his books during his retirement. Mr Pickard also wrote the foreword to the section on Roman animal brooches, op.cit. p.158-160. -
Roman Bronze Artefact Group
1st-4th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including a large net-needle, cosmetic or medicinal spoon with disc bowl and other items. 34.3 grams total, 4-13.6 cm
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
