COLLECTION OF THREE ROMAN GLASS BRACELETS
Late Roman, Ca. 300-500 AD. A group of three glass bracelets (also referred to as bangles) comprising monochrome glass strains bent into a loop. Colours in this group include: 1) black, 2) navy, 3) cobalt blue. Glass bracelets were an important dress accessory worn in the Roman Empire, and to judge from finds in graves, were primarily worn by women and children (and to a lesser extent by men). These versatile objects might also have been used to adorn women's elaborate hairstyles and/or to decorate horses. Glass bangles had a long lifespan and were also worn in the Middle Ages under Rome's successor state, the Byzantine Empire, where women often wore dresses which revealed their arms, making bracelets an especially appropriate accessory choice. Size: L:70-40mm / W:10mm ; 48g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.

Estimate: GBP 150 - 300