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.jpg "Roman Bronze Eros Cradling Goose Applique")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "Assyrian Bronze Relief Fragment")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
.jpg "The Tenby Hiberno-Norse Viking Penannular Brooch")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
![English Milled Coins - George VI - 1937 - Cased RM Proof Coronation Gold Set [4]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/203351-s(2).jpg "English Milled Coins - George VI - 1937 - Cased RM Proof Coronation Gold Set [4]")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £819
Solid frame, double trigger 54 bore revolver with 15cm (6") barrel, five-shot cylinder bearing London proof marks, hinged left side loading arm screwed to frame with unclear serial number to right frame and marked 'TRANTER' to cocking trigger; foliate engraved frame and chequered wood grip; action working. 975 grams, 29 cm
Acquired from Michael J Noble Ltd, 2015.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the Noble invoice.
See Prescott, G., The English Revolver, Schiffer, 2014, pp.67-68, for details.
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the Firearms Act, 1968, to be held as a curiosity or ornament. No license required but buyer must be over 18 years of age. Overseas bidders should note that, due to UK regulations governing export of all firearms, overseas buyers will need to make arrangements for shipping this lot out of the UK directly, by air freight, with a specialist company or agent.
Acquired from Michael J Noble Ltd, 2015.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the Noble invoice.
See Prescott, G., The English Revolver, Schiffer, 2014, pp.67-68, for details.
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the Firearms Act, 1968, to be held as a curiosity or ornament. No license required but buyer must be over 18 years of age. Overseas bidders should note that, due to UK regulations governing export of all firearms, overseas buyers will need to make arrangements for shipping this lot out of the UK directly, by air freight, with a specialist company or agent.
.jpg "Stone Age Danish Thin-Butted Polished Flint Axe")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Finely polished with convex cutting edge tapering with narrow squared edges to thin rounded butt. 135 grams, 12.5 cm
Acquired during the 1970s-1980s.
From the Nils Thorwaldson (1918-2019) private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
See Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, no.11, for a generally similar example.
Acquired during the 1970s-1980s.
From the Nils Thorwaldson (1918-2019) private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
See Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, no.11, for a generally similar example.
.jpg "Stone Age Danish Thick-Butted Flint Chisel")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Thick bodied polished chisel with slightly convex cutting edge tapering out with knapped squared parallel sides to squared butt. 179 grams, 16.5 cm
Ex Jason Osborn, USA.
Ex Merriam collection, USA.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
See Madsen, A. P., Antiquités Préhistoriques du Danemark, Copenhagen, 1872, pl.29, for similar examples.
Ex Jason Osborn, USA.
Ex Merriam collection, USA.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
See Madsen, A. P., Antiquités Préhistoriques du Danemark, Copenhagen, 1872, pl.29, for similar examples.
.jpg "Stone Age French Knapped Flint Axe")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Bifacially knapped axe with convex cutting edge tapering with thin edges to a rounded butt. 545 grams, 20 cm
Artaud collection purchased in Aix en Provence in the 1970s.
with Millon Paris, France.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Artaud collection purchased in Aix en Provence in the 1970s.
with Millon Paris, France.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
.jpg "Stone Age French Bifacially Knapped Chert Lanceolate Axe")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
With convex cutting edge tapering to a rounded butt; with inked 'neolithique / bretteville le rabat / hache biface / dec 1981' in four lines. 438 grams, 17.5 cm
Bretteville le Rabet 1991.
From an old French collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Cf. Evans, Sir J., The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, London, 2nd edition, 1897, figure 23, for a similar British example.
Bretteville le Rabet 1991.
From an old French collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Cf. Evans, Sir J., The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, London, 2nd edition, 1897, figure 23, for a similar British example.
.jpg "Massive Stone Age Danish Polished Flint Axe")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Finely polished massive axe with convex cutting edge showing evidence of re-sharpening, tapering with squared knapped sides to a broad rounded butt. 1.29 kg, 30 cm
From a Danish collection, circa 2000.
Ex UK collection.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
See Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, no.111, for a generally similar example; see Petersen, Peter Vang, Flint fra Danmarks Oldtid, 2008, no.157.
From a Danish collection, circa 2000.
Ex UK collection.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
See Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, no.111, for a generally similar example; see Petersen, Peter Vang, Flint fra Danmarks Oldtid, 2008, no.157.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Finely bifacially knapped with convex cutting edge tapering with squared sides to slightly rounded butt showing evidence of use as a strike-a-light, patinated; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 1.3 kg total, 25.5 cm high including stand
Ex private New York collection, acquired 1970s-1980s.
with Arte Primitivo, 5 May 2017, lot 313.
See Madsen, A. P., Antiquités Préhistoriques du Danemark, Copenhagen, 1872, pl.26, 1, for a similar example.
Ex private New York collection, acquired 1970s-1980s.
with Arte Primitivo, 5 May 2017, lot 313.
See Madsen, A. P., Antiquités Préhistoriques du Danemark, Copenhagen, 1872, pl.26, 1, for a similar example.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Composed of a finely polished, boat-shaped body in dark grey stone, with expanded asymmetric convex cutting edge tapering to shouldered and collared 'hammer' butt, drilled to receive handle. 1.1 kg, 21 cm
European collection formed in the 1980s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.
See Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, no.333, for general form and no.486, for an example with collared butt.
European collection formed in the 1980s.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.
See Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, no.333, for general form and no.486, for an example with collared butt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Finely polished in grey-green stone with asymmetric convex cutting edge curving to circular collared 'hammer' butt; pierced centrally to receive wood haft with shallow raised collar to underside. 565 grams, 13 cm
Formerly acquired in the late 1950s.
From the family collection of a South East London collector.
See MacGregor, Arthur ed., Antiquities From Europe and the Near East in the Collection of The Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, no.4.177, for similar form.
Formerly acquired in the late 1950s.
From the family collection of a South East London collector.
See MacGregor, Arthur ed., Antiquities From Europe and the Near East in the Collection of The Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, no.4.177, for similar form.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Of wedge-shaped form with convex cutting edge and butt. 149 grams, 11.5 cm
Found near Colchester, Essex, 1990s.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Found near Colchester, Essex, 1990s.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Worked bifacially with a lentoid cross-section, tapering profile with convex cutting edge and butt. 383 grams, 15.5 cm
Found Lexden, Essex, 1980s.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Found Lexden, Essex, 1980s.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
The socket of tapering round-section form, leaf-shaped head with midrib to both faces extending almost the full length. 198 grams, 20 cm
Acquired on the EU art market around 2000.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.
Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.11.45 and 11.46, for the typology.
Bronze Age warriors often deposited personal equipment with the bodies of the deceased or as offerings in the rivers. Technological change was rapid: short daggers lengthened into rapiers and swords, axes developed new and more effective methods of hafting. More specialised equipment emerged, and small foliate spearheads were also present in the Koszider phase of bronzeworking.
Acquired on the EU art market around 2000.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.
Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.11.45 and 11.46, for the typology.
Bronze Age warriors often deposited personal equipment with the bodies of the deceased or as offerings in the rivers. Technological change was rapid: short daggers lengthened into rapiers and swords, axes developed new and more effective methods of hafting. More specialised equipment emerged, and small foliate spearheads were also present in the Koszider phase of bronzeworking.
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