British Medieval inscribed ring-brooch
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1054862 (stock# J25)
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A gilded bronze ring brooch with traces of an incised inscription around the inside upper surface.
The inscriptions on this type of brooch are usually religious, recounting the names of saints or other holy figures.
British, 13th to 15th Century AD
Size: 1.7 cms diameter
Intact with evident losses to gilding
Ex. collection: Henk Hueffener, UK; acquired 1950's-1980's. Mr. Hueffener was a Dutch Resistance fighter during World War II. He was one of only 27 individuals to be awarded the ...click for details
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Roman gold earrings
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1045767 (stock# j14)
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A pair of gold earrings with solid penannular loops and terminals mounted with matching collared ball droplets.
Roman, c. 4th Century AD
Intact as shown and fully wearable (the terminals would probably have contained a bead or pearl as well as the remaining gold droplets).
Size: 2.1 x 1.1 cms each
Ex. private collection, London, UK.
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Greek gold funerary rings
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1042028 (stock# J3)
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A pair of very fine quality sheet gold rings consisting of flat wire-work and repousse bands mounted with floral appliqués.
The delicate nature of these rings would suggest that they were probably made for funerary purposes as they would be too fragile for actual use.
Greek, c. 4th Century BC, possibly from Cyprus.
Both pieces are very delicate; the larger example is cracked on the band where it has been compressed, the smaller is in very good condition except that the floral centre-piece ha ...click for details
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Egyptian faience bead and amulet necklace
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1038479 (stock# J2)
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A necklace composed from various faience beads and amulets. The amulets represented include Anubis, Shu, Isis, Ptah and Thoth, and are arranged so that they can be viewed in a radiating pattern when worn.
Egypt, late 2nd and 1st Millennium BC
Fully wearable and re-strung on modern wire with a silver clasp. Several amulets are chipped, the central bust is a fragment from a larger amulet.
Size: 68 cms total length.
Ex. collection: C. R. Stone, UK; acquired around Heliopolis in Egypt during the ...click for details
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