Sales catalogue: Christies

Date:: 14th July 1924

Reference:: WA/HMM/CM/Sal/4/160

Credit: Sales catalogue: Christies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$a OBJECTS FOUND fo BRITAIN. Cf Ce strigil, complete but broken—10 in. long; a bronze steelyard, with hooks to take the weights—11 in. long ; a bronze disc-shaped mirror ; a bronze vase-shaped steel- yard weight; and a bronze object, of uncertain purpose, probably part of the furnishing of a lamp from whence the snuffers and tweezers were suspended. All of Roman origin and found at Winchester 5 484 A bronze bell and clapper ; and three bronze lamps, with one, two and four nozzles respectively. All nice specimens. Roman 5 485 Two bronze sling-pellets, one inscribed; a bronze bearded head of a man; a bronze handle, of straight form, terminating in spherical knobs; a fragment of a bronze frieze; eight Roman coins, &c.; and two fragments. All found at Winchester 15 -486 Three bronze statuettes of Penates, or household gods; a heart-shaped locket, with head of an emperor in relief ; and five other bronze objects. All found at Winchester 9 487 A Bronze Barrnr-Axze—63 in. long; believed to be Roman, though the form suggests Mediwval. Fine. Found at Winchester “eek 488 Ten bronze keys, Roman and Medieval, of various devices. All found at Winchester Ce ge Cs f\ a to minimise the risk of loss. Mostly good examples. All from Winchester 9 Pe ge ro ra Pi /¢ (400 Eleven miscellaneous Roman finger- -rings, one set with ’ -woman’s head in cornelian, another in blue paste, and a third with crescent-shaped inscribed bezel. All complete specimens. From Winchester if 491 A bronze Mediwval key, with pierced trefoil handle; two iron ditto; also two plain bronze spurs, one for a child’s use. 15th or 16th Century : 5$

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