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LOT 0857
Romano-British Enamelled Bronze Plate Brooch
LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.9 grams, 27 mm).
Discoid type with raised concentric rings to the obverse and pellets between, enamel fill; spring, pin and catch to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
Accompanied by the original collector's data sheet(s) with reference no.A31.
Cf. Hattatt, R., Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1564, for type.
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LOT 0857
Romano-British Enamelled Bronze Plate Brooch
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Roman Gold Ring with Greek Boar Gem
4th century B.C.-1st century B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
Hollow-formed and widening at the shoulders to a high elliptical bezel set with a black and white banded glass intaglio imitating striped sardonyx, depicting a running boar in profile on a baseline; Greek letters KΠ on the surface under the boar; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.93 grams, 22.40 mm overall, 15.77 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)
Ex private collection, Contessa L.G., since the 1980s. Private collection, acquired in 1997.
The motif and style, a running boar with a tube-like body, seem to fit into Boardman's Wyndham Cook Group, and could be ascribed to the Graeco-Persian period, despite the fact that the gemstone was later incorporated into a Roman ring. -
Roman Fresco Wall Plaster Collection
1st century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fragments of wall plaster with rendered surface painted with mainly Pompeii red, pale blue, brown, cream and white detailing; some with an impression of timber laths to the reverse. 1.28 kg total, 7.3-13.4 cm
Acquired in the 19th century. Ex Jeger collection, Switzerland. UK gallery, early 2000s.
These small fragments, for analogies with the fragments of Pompeii, seem to belong to the second style of Roman painting, red panels representing highlight and shadow, decorated with vegetal interlaces. A red grenade fillet probably framed some panels. A fragment shows alternate blue and red colours over a cream background, maybe pertinent to a socle. -
Roman Aubergine Glass Trefoil-Lipped Jug
Circa 3rd century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Piriform body and a tubular neck with trefoil mouth, a strap handle ot the rear. 48.08 grams, 10 cm
Acquired from Shirley Warren Antique Glass, Surrey, UK, in 1992 with reference no.K51. From the collection of a Bedfordshire, UK, lady. Accompanied by an original Shirley Warren invoice no.2272 dated 21 November 1992 (£250.00).
