Roman Statuette Base

A bronze military horse harness phalera featuring an oval plaque decorated with openwork whorls and volutes, two integral rectangular attachment lugs, free-moving attachment arm with rivet. 63 grams, 12 cm



Acquired before 2000. From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.

A pottery lamp with triangular ornament handle with palmette above and acanthus leaves below, plain ring behind, concave discus with central filling-hole, two double-volute round tipped nozzles with conspicuous knobs, flat base-ring marked off by two circular grooves. 139 grams, 19.5 cm wide



From a 19th century German collection. Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection.

This lamp belongs to the classification of Loeschcke type III (Bailey type D). The type is characterised by a handle ornament that is either figurative or in the shape of a crescent, with decorated triangle, or two-lobed bud; and a usually round-tipped volute-nozzle, exceptionally with angular tip. Lamps may have one or two, or sometimes more nozzles. This type is typical of the Late Neronian-Flavian period.

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. 9.52 grams, 27 mm



Ex European collection. Acquired in the mid 1990s. Property of a Harrow, UK, gentleman.