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LOT 0596
Romano-British Enamelled Bronze Eagle Brooch
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (2.6 grams, 29.3 mm).
Plate brooch formed as a raptor with champlevé red and green enamelled cells to the body, eye and wing; to the reverse, the pin-lugs, bar and catchplate. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Droxford, Hampshire, UK.
From an old Hampshire collection.
Recorded with Winchester Museum.
Private collection, London.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Mackreth, D.F., Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011, vol.2, items 8043, 12694 (plate 126).
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2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Mixed group including standing female, perching bird and others; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.66 grams total, 7-16 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £72
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