I AM TESSA's FRIEND MARIE AND WILL BE HELPING HER AND JAMES WITH LISTINGS WHILE TESSA IS UNWELL AND WILL BE LISTING MORE OF THE RARE AND UNIQUE JEWELLERS LITTLE ESTATE MUSEUM ITEMS FROM DIGS AROUND LONDON THAMES MUD AS WELL AS MORE OF THEIR KAURI AMBER /PIECES FROM THEIR MUSEUM DISPLAY CABINETS AND ALSO ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE WATCH ITEMS AND ITEMS OF JEWELLERY. ESTATE MUSEUM ITEM No. 420 THIS LISTING IS FOR ANOTHER STUNNING EMBOSSED BRONZE/BRASS BOWL ITEM THAT WAS THE THIRD PIECE DUG FROM THE LONDON THAMES MUD FROM WHAT WAS AT THE TIME THE AREA OF THE WESTMINSTER BRIDGE IN THE 1570's ON ONE OF JAMES LAST DIGGING EXPEDITIONS DURING THE 1960's , IT IS A HEAVILY EMBOSSED BOWL DATED TO LATE VICTORIAN ERA c.1900's IN THE ESTATE NOTES AND PROBABLY ANOTHER ITEM THAT CAME FROM A MIDDLE EASTERN AREA ON A TRADING SHIP, IT ALSO HAS LOVELY EMBOSSED DECORATION ALL AROUND IT OF VARIOUS PLANTS, INTRICATE PATTERNS AS WELL AS ELEPHANTS, TIGERS, BIRDS, DOGS AND FLOWERS , IT MEASURES 4.1/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 2 INCHES IN HEIGHT WITH A TOTAL CIRCUMFERENCE OF13 INCHES. FOR INTEREST THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS THE AREA IN 1570'S WHERE THE WESTMINSTER BRIDGE WAS OVER THE LONDON THAMES RIVER. Some interesting London ( Londinium ) history to read. Beginning their occupation of Britain under Emperor Claudius in ad 43, the Roman armies soon gained control of much of the southeast of Britain. At a point just north of the marshy valley of the Thames, where two low hills were sited, they established Londinium with a bridge giving access from land to the south. The first definite mention of London refers to the year ad 60 and occurs in the work of the Roman historian Tacitus. Please view pictures all questions answered for you. POSTAGE NZ POST BOXED WITH TRACKING IS $9.50