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.jpg "Hellenistic Gold Earrings with Lapis and Mother of Pearl")
.jpg "Hellenistic Terracotta Head of a Youth")
.jpg "Neo-Assyrian Bronze Horse Trapping with Eagle-Headed God Nisroch and Winged Supernatural Figures")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,450
.jpg "Bronze Age Gold Torc-Shaped Bracelet")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,050
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,400
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
The outer faces decorated with three parallel lines, single side loop and convex cutting edge; socket chipped at one side. 160 grams, 79 mm
Found in Norfolk before 1990.
Acquired on the UK market, 1990s.
Property of a retired academic.
See Pendleton, Colin F., Bronze Age Metalwork in Northern East Anglia, BAR British Series 279, 1999, fig.9, nos.H7.15 and H7.19, for very similar examples.
Found in Norfolk before 1990.
Acquired on the UK market, 1990s.
Property of a retired academic.
See Pendleton, Colin F., Bronze Age Metalwork in Northern East Anglia, BAR British Series 279, 1999, fig.9, nos.H7.15 and H7.19, for very similar examples.
Comprising: a sheet bronze diadem with tapered arms, displaying multiple rows of punched chevrons imitating palm (or other) leaves; two penannular sheet-bronze bracelets, each displaying repoussé pellets and pierced terminals. 67 grams total, 4.1-19 cm
Ex old English collection.
London art market, 1980s.
Ex old English collection.
London art market, 1980s.
A heavy duty oval-shaped ring the ends tapering either side into fixing spikes. 354 grams, 21 cm
Ex old English collection.
London art market, 1980s.
Ex old English collection.
London art market, 1980s.
Each of small penannular form with a raised medial rib to the elliptical face, tapering to coiled terminals with lozengiform cross-section. 72 grams total, 56-58 mm wide
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
Rectangular recesses to both faces of the head, tapering towards the butt, roughly wedge-shaped cheeks with gently scooped upper and lower edges, chamfered convex cutting edge, distinct ribbed shield-shaped recess at the junction of neck and head. 390 grams, 15.3 cm
Found Nottinghamshire, UK.
Found Nottinghamshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: rectangular bronze plaque with fluted surface; pair of bronze curved horns; round-section C-shaped child's bracelet; baroque furniture mount with scrolled palmette detailing; small bronze chisel with scooped end. 244 grams total, 45-70 mm
Found Berkshire, UK, by M. Ruczynski; the mount found Boxford in 2016.
Accompanied by a copy of a report for the Bronze Age Chisel by the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with report no.BERK-DEF089.
See Pendleton, C.F., Bronze Age Metalwork in Northern East Anglia. A Study of its Distribution and Interpretation, B.A.R. British Series 279, Oxford, 1999, for discussion.
Found Berkshire, UK, by M. Ruczynski; the mount found Boxford in 2016.
Accompanied by a copy of a report for the Bronze Age Chisel by the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with report no.BERK-DEF089.
See Pendleton, C.F., Bronze Age Metalwork in Northern East Anglia. A Study of its Distribution and Interpretation, B.A.R. British Series 279, Oxford, 1999, for discussion.
With an elliptical socket and wedge-shaped cheeks. 894 grams, 17.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
With round-section shank and butted joint. 4.22 grams, 25.12 mm overall, 20.54 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)
Ex Alexander Cotton collection, Brockenhurst, UK, 1970s.
Private collection Surrey, UK, 2000s.
Ex Alexander Cotton collection, Brockenhurst, UK, 1970s.
Private collection Surrey, UK, 2000s.
Featuring an elliptical socket and wedge-shaped cheeks with convex cutting edge, raised concentric triangle-in-trapezoid to both sides of the neck. 485 grams, 13.5 cm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
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Comprising the mid-section and partial socket of an axehead with loop to one edge. 193 grams, 67 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Principally: a variety of chisels and other implements and a votive axehead, together with other items. 213 grams total, 1.4-12.6 cm
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
Comprising a pair of opposing wire coils decreasing in thickness from edge to centre, a figure-of-eight to the centre; integral pin and catch-plate to the reverse. 84 grams, 13.3 cm
From the family collection of a Surrey gentleman since before 1960.
Cf. Bietti-Sestieri, A.M. and Macnamara, E., Prehistoric Metal Artefacts from Italy (3500–720 BC) in the British Museum, London, 2008, fig.615, for similar; Hambleton, J.M., Fibulae of the ninth through seventh centuries BC in Central Italy, Florida, 2008, fig.2-2b.
The spectacle fibula was widely distributed from the Balkans and northern Greece to southern Italy. Seven variations occur under this type with modifications made to the discs of the fibulae as well as the central connecting device. In the first and second variations (variant 2-2b of Hambleton, the type here), the discs are coiled, whereas in the third and fourth the centre of the coil is left open. The figure eight loop also becomes shorter and wider in the fourth variant.
From the family collection of a Surrey gentleman since before 1960.
Cf. Bietti-Sestieri, A.M. and Macnamara, E., Prehistoric Metal Artefacts from Italy (3500–720 BC) in the British Museum, London, 2008, fig.615, for similar; Hambleton, J.M., Fibulae of the ninth through seventh centuries BC in Central Italy, Florida, 2008, fig.2-2b.
The spectacle fibula was widely distributed from the Balkans and northern Greece to southern Italy. Seven variations occur under this type with modifications made to the discs of the fibulae as well as the central connecting device. In the first and second variations (variant 2-2b of Hambleton, the type here), the discs are coiled, whereas in the third and fourth the centre of the coil is left open. The figure eight loop also becomes shorter and wider in the fourth variant.
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