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LOT 0771
Romano-British Mixed Pottery Sherd Group
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 - 6 3/4 in. (663 grams total, 4-17 cm).
Including a burnished redware dish, lidded bowl and other items. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound UK.
From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK.
He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
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Roman Bronze Ring with FELIX and Gammadion
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Tiered disc bezel with central gammadion within a ring, surrounded by '+F+E+L+I+X' legend (in Latin, 'happy' or 'fortunate'). 8.11 grams, 24.40 mm overall, 18.18 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
The ring was probably a gift to wish happiness and good luck, the inscription being a short form of 'utere felix'. -
Roman Enamelled Bronze Bow Brooch
Circa 2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Dolphin-type T-shaped bow brooch with barrel-shaped crossbar, ornamented with punched segmentation to the obverse, imitation spring-coil to the reverse; shallow bow with lateral bands of pointillé detailing flanking a column of square cells to accept enamel fill; trumpet-shaped lobe finial; catch to reverse with openwork ornament; hinged pin to reverse. 21.8 grams, 49 mm
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
The brooch features a hinged pin but the ribbed ornament on the crossbar replicates the coiled spring of contemporary Colchester-type bow brooches. -
Roman Millefiori Fish Palette
1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Flat fish-shaped panel formed from three different sections of millefiori glass, drilled socket for an inset eye (absent). 22.1 grams, 94 mm
Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995. with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003. Property of a London based academic, 2003-present.
