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1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
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A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES IN A LATE 17TH CENTURY WILLIAM AND MARY INLAID WOOD BOX
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
Including an Anglo-Saxon silver-gilt pin with stylized bird terminal, with plaited decoration on body and garnet inlay eye and tail, circa 8th-9th Century A.D.; fragments of Roman pale blue, amber and cobalt blue pillar-moulded bowls, circa 1st Century A.D.; a late Roman/early Byzantine amber glass pendant moulded with the profile busts of Apollo and Selene(?), circa 4th-6th Century A.D.; a Roman green and yellow oval glass inlay, circa 1st Century A.D.; a Roman iridescent glass roundel with eagle, circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.; a group of Roman glass gaming counters, 1st-3rd Century A.D.; Roman, Byzantine and later bone pins and needles, bronze styli, keys and knife handles, 1st Century A.D. and later; a bronze inscribed tablet with two lines of Etruscan inscription; a group of mainly bronze fibulae including: an early Italic leech-shaped fibula; La Tène type fibulae; three Roman rosette fibulae, one with traces of enamel; a Roman wing and fanbow fibula with silvered decoration; a Pannonian knee fibula; a Roman enamelled disc fibula; and a large Roman gilt bronze crossbow fibula, all circa 8th Century B.C./3rd Century A.D.; a group of Roman bronze medical instruments including probes, spatulas, scoops and tweezers, mainly 1st-3rd Century A.D.; bronze and iron spear and arrow heads, late 1st millennium B.C. and later; a quantity of beads including: turquoise faience melon beads; glass beads including a large blue eye bead; and a string of amber beads, all mid-1st millennium B.C. to Roman period and later; a cornelian intaglio with profile bust of a woman; two granulated gold jewellery terminals; a group of Roman coins; and a 'Bonnet' type silver penny of William I (1066-1087), the majority of pieces either glued or sewn into three tiered trays within a William and Mary walnut veneered inlaid lace box, late 17th Century(a lot)
Box: 21 x 16 in. (53 x 41 cm.), 5 in. (14 cm.) high
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
Including an Anglo-Saxon silver-gilt pin with stylized bird terminal, with plaited decoration on body and garnet inlay eye and tail, circa 8th-9th Century A.D.; fragments of Roman pale blue, amber and cobalt blue pillar-moulded bowls, circa 1st Century A.D.; a late Roman/early Byzantine amber glass pendant moulded with the profile busts of Apollo and Selene(?), circa 4th-6th Century A.D.; a Roman green and yellow oval glass inlay, circa 1st Century A.D.; a Roman iridescent glass roundel with eagle, circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.; a group of Roman glass gaming counters, 1st-3rd Century A.D.; Roman, Byzantine and later bone pins and needles, bronze styli, keys and knife handles, 1st Century A.D. and later; a bronze inscribed tablet with two lines of Etruscan inscription; a group of mainly bronze fibulae including: an early Italic leech-shaped fibula; La Tène type fibulae; three Roman rosette fibulae, one with traces of enamel; a Roman wing and fanbow fibula with silvered decoration; a Pannonian knee fibula; a Roman enamelled disc fibula; and a large Roman gilt bronze crossbow fibula, all circa 8th Century B.C./3rd Century A.D.; a group of Roman bronze medical instruments including probes, spatulas, scoops and tweezers, mainly 1st-3rd Century A.D.; bronze and iron spear and arrow heads, late 1st millennium B.C. and later; a quantity of beads including: turquoise faience melon beads; glass beads including a large blue eye bead; and a string of amber beads, all mid-1st millennium B.C. to Roman period and later; a cornelian intaglio with profile bust of a woman; two granulated gold jewellery terminals; a group of Roman coins; and a 'Bonnet' type silver penny of William I (1066-1087), the majority of pieces either glued or sewn into three tiered trays within a William and Mary walnut veneered inlaid lace box, late 17th Century(a lot)
Box: 21 x 16 in. (53 x 41 cm.), 5 in. (14 cm.) high
Provenance
Numerous find spots in England dating from 1861-1883; and a small fresco fragment from Herculaneum, 1866.
Late 19th Century English private collection, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Late 19th Century English private collection, and thence by descent to the present owner.
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