Very attractive “Giallo Antico” marble of yellow and pink, beautifully carved with the head of Dionysus, depicted wearing a wreath of ivy with berries in his curly hair, a snub nose, smiling mouth and deeply recessed lidded eyes, the back flat.
Superb quality fibula or thistle brooch, also called rosettes brooch, of complex manufacture with rounded catch-plate, bow and rosettes made of fine granules and beading, a bilateral sprung pin.
Shank of thick gold, the thick-walled and hollow high bezel decorated with open-work with four cruciform petals, set with an oval cabochon garnet and four recessed tear shape decorations.
Central discus with two holes for refilling oil, an elaborately decorated vase in the centre with a bunch of flowers, framed with concentric and geometric designs. Long volute nozzle and handle on one side.
Lovely Roman amber colour glass flask, bulbous body, cylindrical neck, slightly flaring inturned lip, slightly flattened base to allow the vessel to stand freely, purple and blue iridescence and some surface patina.
