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Auction: 26052 - Jewellery & Objets de Vertu
Lot: 25

(x) A GROUP OF ROMAN GLASS AND FAIENCE BEADS
Comprising four melon beads (one light green glass, one blue faience and two dark glass), two glass jar pendants, a dark navy stratified eye bead and two smaller yellow stratified eye beads, together with smaller glass beads including miniature juglet and jar pendants, conical drops and a rosette bead.
Gross weight: 25.15g (total)

The beads show pitting, some iridescence and earthy encrustations. Many retain their trailed and applied decoration, the eye beads remain sharply defined, and all are structurally sound. The group is offered in fair condition.


Provenance

Private collection, San Francisco Bay Area, California, acquired in the second half of the 20th century

Thence by descent to the present owner

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£60 to £80

Starting price
£5