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Thanks for the nomination, Jasper, an honor in itself for me :-) )

Here is a little bronze container that was used either for make-up or medical purposes.

It is from the museum in Heidelberg, Germany and at the moment displayed in the Landesausstellung in Stuttgart. When I made it, it had just been included in the Heidelberg displays and was not yet properly published - and as I had to guess its measures, I made it about 10% larger than the original :-( ( .

It is handmade, with modern tools, though no machines were used. The semi-sphere is hand-driven (right word?) from the baseplate, not soldered on. The decoration plate is also hand-driven with small punches (the thing is so small I had to make my own punches for it).

It is published by now (with measurements ...), but I am still looking my copy of it. Time to get my mountains of copies sorted ...

cheers,

Martin

Here is another picture of it ...

Martin

Here is the reference on the original:

Andreas Hensen, Renate Ludwig. Straße ins Jenseits. Die römischen Gräberfelder von Heidelberg. 2005

Thanks for reminding me, Caius!