Late Roman - Early Byzantine Many Faceted Tiny Bronze Weight almanac tobacco box his image miraculously had been

his image miraculously had been impressed upon it

Oil on unstretched canvas

It looks to me her head has not been repaired

and a rattling ring in between

I'd like to think this single rose was given to the object of it's maker Lizzie's affection

Late Roman - Early Byzantine Many Faceted Tiny Bronze Weight almanac tobacco box his image miraculously had beenI'm no expert on late Roman early Byzantine bronze weights to say the least, but I am rather obsessed with this one, finding it a wonderfully mysterious, miraculous, and beautiful tiny thing. I purchased it from a favorite shop (very beautiful itself) in Vermont, where one of the two owners s himself obsessed and quite knowledge about these sorts of things. I haven't dug very deep, but from what I understand small bronze weights like this were used as