4th-6th century A.D. A silver repoussé figural cosmetic vessel on a discoid copper-alloy base; the figure portrayed cradling an infant and dressed in floor-length robes, from beneath which a single bare foot emerges; apanied by a slender round-section stick with integral loop. 25.1 grams, 75 mm (3 in.). Ex private New York collection, 1990. Property of a London gentleman.