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The glass paste shows a bird on a branch. From the Professor Brosch collection of ancient gems.

The skillful work shows a wading bird, possibly a heron. Its legs bent beneath the body. The neck drawn back towards the body.

Product of Northern Europe dating to the second century AD. Brooch worked as a flat relief, once with multi-coloured inlays.

Nice fibula in the shape of a stylized water bird. A find from Britain and probably also a local Roman provincial production.

Stylized bird shaped brooch made of bronze. Northern European brooch type from the Roman Pricipate.

The ancient ring insert is made of beautiful opaque glass paste with white parts imitating an inclusion in stone.

A local British production from the 2nd century. It is taking up a continental brooch type. From the famous Hattatt collection and published in two standard works on ancient brooches.

The glass paste shows a hand enclosing a bird. It is a very rare depiction for an ancient ring insert.

From a German private collection, acquired 1982 at Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, Germany. The bird possibly depicts a dove, a popular symbol among the early Christians, symbolizing the Holy Spirit.

Nicely preserved. From an old German private collection, acquired in the first half of the 1970s from Oberamtsrat i.R. Hans Ullrich, Stuttgart, Germany.

Found near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.

The Roman glass paste shows an interesting scene with a water basin, birds and column.

Fragments of Roman pottery. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.

Piriform body with engraved bird on the lid. A piece from the Roman Imperial period, found near Dover. Published in a standard work by Richard Hattatt.

Three-dimensional bird shaped brooch with crescentic inlays of orange and blue enamel. Northern European type from the Roman Pricipate.

The Roman decorative insert is made of beautiful purple glass paste, imitating amethyst. Interesting depiction.