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LOT 0667
Roman Tinned Bronze Plate Brooch Complete with Coral Appliques
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (9.1 grams, 40 mm).
Formed as six radiating triangles with incised leaf detailing, interstitial applied bone discs, central raised collar with bone disc insert; complete with pin and catchplate to verso.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.
Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Heeren, S. & van der Feijst, L., Fibulae uit de Lage Landen. Beschrijving, Analyse en Interpretatie van een Archeologische Vondstcategorie, Amersfoort, 2017, type 57-e6 (p.151)
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LOT 0667
Roman Tinned Bronze Plate Brooch Complete with Coral Appliques
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Roman Green Glass Beaker with Blue Stipples
Circa 4th century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Beaker or lamp with convex wall and convex everted rim; applied blue glass ovals and clusters of stippled dots around the shoulder; iridescent surfaces. 100 grams, 88 mm wide
Fine condition.
Paris collection, 1990s. From an important Paris gallery, France. Ex private Parisian collection. -
Roman Deep Blue Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
1st century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Restrung to a Y-shape with mainly blue glass beads. 13.8 grams, 56 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Roman 'St Albans' Pottery Sherd and Mosaic Tesserae Group
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising large tile and vessel fragments, some with inked notes; and a group of white and grey tesserae, including one large redware tessera. 2.3 kg total, 1-17 cm
Found St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK. Acquired from the finder in 2008. Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
The great monuments of Verulamium were efficiently destroyed by the medieval builders of Saxon and Norman abbeys. They sought Roman bricks and, above all, limestone which could be burnt for mortar. Most of the ancient Roman town stone monuments were broken up and thrown into lime kilns. These surviving fragments give a hint of what was once there. For the monuments and buildings Romans used Northamptonshire limestone, but the more delicate, finely carved inscriptions were realised in Purbeck marble from Dorset.
