Late Roman - Early Byzantine Many Faceted Tiny Bronze Weight almanac tobacco box Oil on unstretched canvas

Oil on unstretched canvas

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

Definitely this has some age to it

Perhaps best of all are her little crocheted booties

Late Roman - Early Byzantine Many Faceted Tiny Bronze Weight almanac tobacco box Oil on unstretched canvasI'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