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Romano-British 'St Albans' Painted Fresco Wall Plaster Fragment Collection Romano-British 'St Albans' Painted Fresco Wall Plaster Fragment Collection Romano-British 'St Albans' Painted Fresco Wall Plaster Fragment Collection
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LOT 0733

Romano-British 'St Albans' Painted Fresco Wall Plaster Fragment Collection

1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/8 - 2 in. (70 grams total, 36-51 mm).

With painted stripe, swirl and other motifs, supplied with old collector's record card 'Roman Wall Plaster / 4 pieces of painted wall plaster. From St. Albans'. [4, No Reserve]

Provenance

Found St Albans, Hertfordshire, 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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LOT 0733

Romano-British 'St Albans' Painted Fresco Wall Plaster Fragment Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

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