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LOT 0684
Roman to Tudor Bronze Artefact Group
2ND-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 5/8 in. (38.7 grams total, 23-42 mm).
Comprising: a heart-shaped mount with a central lion-head; a rectangular mount with decorative border in low-relief; a horse head modelled in the round; an oval silver pendant with S and stars; hooked tag with ring-and-dot motifs. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1970s-1990s.
Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
For a similar hooked tag of the early Medieval period see PAS NLM-0E59DC and NLM-0E0E3D.
FootnotesThe use of hooked tags for fastening first became fashionable during the Anglo-Saxon period. They are usually triangular or circular in shape, of sheet metal (normally bronze or occasionally in silver) and have two or three attachment holes at the widest end.
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Graeco-Roman Gold Ring with Garnets and Emeralds
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Roman Black Glass and Gold Bead Necklace
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Restrung group of biconical, oblate and other black glass beads with granulated gold collars and granulated beads. 16.01 grams, 50 cm
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Roman Mosaic Stone Tesserae Group
1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
A mixed group of two hundred and fifty single tesserae of various colours and sizes, mostly cuboid. 340 grams total, 7-14 mm
From 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. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Roman mosaics were made from small cubes of natural stone and terracotta possibly cut from tile or brick. Each of these small cubes was called a tessera (plural tesserae) from the Latin word for dice.
