
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 StreetSold 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)
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)
Footnotes
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.