Description:

Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A collection of 7 ancient Roman glass, enameled leaded-bronze, bronze, and copper artifacts which includes 3 vials, a pendant, fibula, and clothing pins. The copper pins both have rounded finial tips and tapering needle shaped rods that were used for securing clothing or hair, and the bow-shaped bronze fibula also secured clothes in place. The enamel pendant is the front half of a wearable box used for holding perfume, and the 3 glass jars were also probably perfume vessels, slender and petite, with semitransparent aqua green and yellow hues. All are displayed in a modern Riker case. Size (large glass bottle): 4" L x 0.6" W (10.2 cm x 1.5 cm); (case): 16" L x 12" W (40.6 cm x 30.5 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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#173210

  • Condition: Losses to copper surface on both pins and heavy green patina and oxidation. Fibula is intact with earthen encrustations. Surface pitting to enable pendant and dark patina. Glass has stable hair line striations but are intact with earthen deposits and iridescence. Displayed in a modern Riker case with paper labels.

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