A pair of Roman gold child's bracelets
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
The hollow hoops each with semi-circular cross-section, a broader section flattened to form a plain bezel on the exterior, 5.7cm and 5.4cm diam., weight 12.7g. and 12.8g. (2)注脚Provenance:
with Edward Bradbury and Sons, London.
Mr J. N. & Mrs J. E. Didcock collection, UK, acquired from the above 6 July 1984; and thence by descent to the present owner.

These bracelets appear to be a smaller imitation of a type of bracelet found in Oplontis in the suburbs of Pompeii, which has a small scene of Venus and Cupid in relief on the flattened part of the exterior (reproduced in P. Roberts (ed.), Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, London, 2013, p.292, fig. 383.