Depicting a theatre mask, this small piece of ancient Roman glass from the c.1st-3rd century AD, above, is believed to have been used as a theatre token.
Roseberys London has estimated it at £50-70 in a sale of Islamic and Indian arts at its West Norwood saleroom on October 22.
The piece has passed by descent from Philadelphia couple George and Dora Mathues, who acquired a substantial collection of antiquities in the 20th century. This particular piece was bought in Egypt during the early 1960s.
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Country fair Antiquesintents will offer visitors the opportunity to get ahead on the Christmas shopping with an affordable selection of period and decorative furniture, ceramics, folk art and more at Burton Court in Leominster on October 13-14.
Robert Pugh Antiques is taking a large 14in (35cm) wide plum pudding plate made by Copeland between 1870-80. It is priced at £200.
The late John Mawson was well known to locals in Bristol, walking around the city in a long black leather military coat and Russian ushanka hat. A keen collector of militaria, Mawson trained as an engineer and became a member of the Warwickshire Yeomanry in the Territorial Army.
More than 200 lots from his collection, including weapons, ammunition, books, helmets, uniforms, flags and maps, will be dispersed at Bristol Auction Rooms in Brislington on October 11.
Among the entries is a Victorian executioner’s calling card, offering the services of James Berry. Berry was an English executioner between 1884-91, recognised for his contribution to the science of hanging with his refinement of the long-drop method.
The card is offered with correspondence from Berry and a letter of provenance from Scotland Yard’s ‘Black Museum’.
Estimate £300-400.
Gloucestershire firm Wotton Auction Rooms, in Wotton-under-Edge, will hold a sale of more than 120 lots dedicated to the creations of the Scottish pottery Wemyss Ware.
Included in the October 23 sale is a Dragonflies chamber pot attributed to Edwin Sandland, the Staffordshire-born painter who worked at the pottery until his death in 1928.
Signed and impressed Wemyss, the 5½in (14cm) high piece is guided at £300-500.
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