Jewellery - Classical antiquity - Sold antiquities
Archive of sold antiquities
All artefacts sold in our gallery are fully documented in our online archive and database. Being a specialist ancient art dealer, preserving also the more recent history of each and every piece sold in our shop is at our heart. That is particularly useful for artefacts that changed owners in the meantime. Information that may have been lost in the process can be easily restored from our archives. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need further information about ancient items that have been sold in our gallery. We can help you with reconstructing the history of ownership for those items. All information about our customers will be kept confidential, of course.-
Pair of Roman gold earrings
The earrings belong together originally. They are nicely decorated by beads and glass inserts. A beautiful pair of jewellery from the 3rd century.
Price: on requestDisc brooch from Roman BritainNicely enameled brooch with a Romano-Celtic sunburst design. From the 2nd century AD. Published in two stardard works on ancient brooches by Richard Hattatt.
Price: on requestRoman rosette brooch from ColchesterA nice brooch type from the 1st century with an especially well preserved decorative disc. From the famous Hattatt collection and published in two standard works on ancient brooches.
Price: on requestFlying bird brooch from Roman BritainA 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.
Price: on requestDolphin brooch from Roman BritainThe so-called dolphin brooch is very British. This specimen was probably made by the Celtic Corieltauvi tribe, shortly after the arrival of the Romans in the middle of the 1st century. Published in two works by Richard Hattatt.
Price: on requestBrooch from Roman BritainThis rare variant of the T-shaped brooches was found in Lechlade, Gloucestershire. It dates to the 1st or 2nd century AR. From the famous Hattatt collection and published in two standard works for ancient fibulae.
Price: on requestGroup of ancient eye beads6 magnificent polychrome glass beads with stylized eyes as protection against the evil eye. Made around the mid 1st millennium BC in the eastern Mediterranean. Ex Christie's.
Price: on requestNecklace of ancient eye beadsModernly threaded necklace made of more than 100 ancients beads dating to the 1st millennium BC. From the eastern Mediterranean. Ex Christie's.
Price: on requestNecklace of Egyptian mosaic glass beadsModernly threaded necklace of ancient beads of spherical and cylindrical shape made of beautiful mosaic glass. From a workshop in Roman Egypt. Ex Christie's.
Price: on requestNecklace of Egyptian mosaic glass beadsModernly threaded necklace of ancient beads made of beautiful mosaic glass and sheet gold. The mosaic originated in a workshop in Roman Egypt. Ex Christie's.
Price: on requestPhoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Price: on requestPhoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Price: on requestPhoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Price: on requestRoman glass paste with bullThe intaglio of yellow orange glass shows a standing bull or ox. From the Professor Brosch collection.
Price: on requestRoman glass paste with goatThe ancient intaglio shows a goat standing on its hind legs. The front legs are placed against an object. Wonderful details in the dark glass.
Price: on requestRoman glass paste with young satyrThe ring insert shows a hybrid being standing on tiptoe, pouring from a shouldered amphora. A prime example of Roman glass pastes in almost perfect condition.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with warriors battlingThe glass paste shows four warriors in full military gear. They face each other in battle. A nice piece from the Professor Brosch collection of ancient glyptics.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with standing personThe small ring insert is made of dark, opaque glass paste. It shows a standing person.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with two personsRoman yellow glass paste from the Professor Brosch collection of ancient glyptics.
Price: on requestCeltic penannular broochPossibly made by the Celtic Durotriges tribe under Roman rule in Britain. The piece is published in two books by Richard Hattatt.
Price: on requestRoman Hod Hill brooch from the Hattatt collectionNice and rare enameled variant of the Hod Hill type. Found in Norfolk, UK. The piece is published in two books by Richard Hattatt.
Price: on requestEgyptian amulet with ram head and sun discThe rare depiction is typical of the god Khnum. From the Late Period to Ptolemaic period of Ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestRoman gold earrings with faience beadsBelonging pair of jewellery made of gold, each decorated with shield and bead. From the Roman provinces of the eastern Mediterranean, made during the Imperial period.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with Ganymede and eagleThe dark glass paste symbolizes a famous love affair from ancient mythology. The sky father Zeus falls in love with the beautiful Ganymede, a Trojan king's son.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with Calydonian boar huntNice ring insert made of composite glass. Its imprint shows the moment of the mythological boar hunt in which Meleager slays the beast.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with child ErosRoman glass paste with nice depiction of the Greek god of love as a child, probably a lyre in his hands.
Price: on requestRoman gilt crossbow broochInteresting silver fibula from the later Roman Imperial period. From the famous Leo Mildenberg collection.
Price: on requestPhoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Price: on requestPhoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Price: on requestPhoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Price: on requestPair of Roman gold earringsWonderful gold jewellery with shield and pendant with spiral decor. Made during Roman Imperial times.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with quadrigaNice depiction on the dark glass paste. It shows the horses of the chariot at full gallop.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with nymph and satyrThe white banded glass paste and shows a scene with nymph or maenad putting her arm around a satyr's neck.
Price: on requestRoman glass paste with godThe roman intaglio shows a standing god. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestHellenistic gold earrings with lion headsGold jewellery with plastically modeled heads of a lion. The elaborate gold sheet head is typical for hellenistic earrings.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with two personsRoman light red glass paste from the Professor Brosch collection of ancient glyptics. Possibly showing Heracles and Apollon.
Price: on request