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Property from a Private UK Collection (Lots 51-55)
Lot 54

Two Roman glass double balsamaria
2

23 June – 7 July 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, New Bond Street

Sold for £588.80 inc. premium

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Two Roman glass double balsamaria

Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D.
The conjoined tubes with applied handles, one with handles at the side, the other with basket handle at the top 12cm and 15cm high (2)

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Provenance:
Likely acquired by Christina Jane Liddell (1863-1954), a keen traveller and collector of antiquities: she was known by her family to buy at London auctions, including glass from the Cesnola Collection.
Gifted in the 1930s to William Francis Lawson-Dick by an unmarried aunt, believed to be Christina Jane Liddell, his mother's sister who became a school headmistress.
Private UK Collection. Gifted in June 1951 to the owner's late husband by his father, William Francis Lawson-Dick.

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