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Sold for (Inc. bp): £41,600
.jpg "Attic Red-Figure Bell Krater with Drunken Male Revellers Attributed to the Kadmos Painter")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £32,500
.jpg "Roman Published Terracotta Oil Lamp with Fighting Gladiators")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,600
.jpg "Roman Marble Head of Hercules Wearing the Nemean Lion Skin")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "The Anglesey Romano-British Marble Head of a Celtic Warrior")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
.jpg "Medieval Decorated He who loves from the heart, gives with a good heart Posy Boxwood Comb")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
.jpg "Medieval Limoges Gilt Christ Crowned on the Cross")
.jpg "Medieval Gold Heraldic Signet Ring with Goat")
Irregular bronze ingot fragment with lip to one curved edge. 1.73 kg, 10.7 cm wide
Family collection since before 2000.
Ex property of a gentleman collector, Munich, Germany.
Cf. similar (but smaller) items in a Bronze Age founder's hoard from Suffolk recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) under reference no.SF-C98115.
Family collection since before 2000.
Ex property of a gentleman collector, Munich, Germany.
Cf. similar (but smaller) items in a Bronze Age founder's hoard from Suffolk recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) under reference no.SF-C98115.
With broad mouth and everted rim, narrow shoulder, rounded underside, spur to the forward edge of the shoulder, strap handle to the rear. 553 grams, 16 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Squat jar with burnished surface, low rim to the neck. 450 grams, 14 cm wide
Found Norfolk, UK.
Ex Clare Morris, UK, 2012.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Clare Morris.
Found Norfolk, UK.
Ex Clare Morris, UK, 2012.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Clare Morris.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Unlooped with long triangular flanges, raised mid-rib with expanding cutting edge; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 535 grams total, 16 cm wide including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
See Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, pp.76-84, and figs.56-68, for similar types; cf. also MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 11.8.
This is a Norman type palstave, widespread in south-eastern Britain and dated to the Taunton-Cemmaes period (MBAII). These are often associated with high nickel content.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
See Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, pp.76-84, and figs.56-68, for similar types; cf. also MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 11.8.
This is a Norman type palstave, widespread in south-eastern Britain and dated to the Taunton-Cemmaes period (MBAII). These are often associated with high nickel content.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Including cruciform and other brooch fragments, pots and other items. 473 grams total, 14-51 mm
Found UK.
Property of a Scottish collector, acquired in 2013.
Found UK.
Property of a Scottish collector, acquired in 2013.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
A low-flanged palstave with rounded butt, triangular blade with convex cutting edge, deep lateral flanges, stop and median rib; loop to the side; seam, loop and butt with casting flash. 342 grams, 15 cm
Acquired from TimeLine Auctions 19 March, 2010, no.572.
Property of a Shropshire private collector.
Cf. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 77.
Acquired from TimeLine Auctions 19 March, 2010, no.572.
Property of a Shropshire private collector.
Cf. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 77.
Each with a square butt and flared cutting edge. 127 grams total, 53-59 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
.jpg "Bronze Age Sickle Blade")
A lanceolate blade with ribbed detail on upper surface, plain reverse; a fixing peg formed from the casting sprue at the broad end. 138 grams, 16 cm
Ex Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number WG.283, for similar.
Ex Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number WG.283, for similar.
Lozengiform in section with acute tip; to the shoulders, four holes to accommodate rivets (three present) to secure a hilt. 95 grams, 25.5 cm
Found in Little Snoring, Fakenham, Norfolk, UK.
The Michael Nellist collection.
The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number BA15.
From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK.
Accompanied by copies of two previous catalogue information pages and original Chris Rudd collection card.
Found in Little Snoring, Fakenham, Norfolk, UK.
The Michael Nellist collection.
The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number BA15.
From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK.
Accompanied by copies of two previous catalogue information pages and original Chris Rudd collection card.
Matched pair each a twisted coil with applied domed disc. 3.81 grams total, 23 mm each
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A substantial leaf-shaped blade with lozenge-section midrib, small lateral loop to the base of each blade with lozengiform plaque; chip to socket. 93 grams, 12.9 cm
Found near Langley, Norfolk, UK.
Cf. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 408; and see Davis, R., Basal-Looped Spearheads, BAR International Series no.1497, Oxford, 2006.
Found near Langley, Norfolk, UK.
Cf. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 408; and see Davis, R., Basal-Looped Spearheads, BAR International Series no.1497, Oxford, 2006.
Of cylindrical form with tubular socket, with U-section balde to one face. 56 grams, 79 mm
Found Hertfordshire, UK.
Found Hertfordshire, UK.
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