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Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Featuring a convex cutting edge and wedge-shaped cheeks with crescentic blade; socket damaged in antiquity. 88 grams, 63 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, nos.11.12-11.21, for the typology.
The remains of the axe seem to be linked with the Welby type or closely related to it. During the Ewart Park period of the Late Bronze Age (LBA II, 9th-8th century B.C.) there were several regional varieties of ribbed socketted axes. The Welby type was mainly distributed in southern and eastern England.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, nos.11.12-11.21, for the typology.
The remains of the axe seem to be linked with the Welby type or closely related to it. During the Ewart Park period of the Late Bronze Age (LBA II, 9th-8th century B.C.) there were several regional varieties of ribbed socketted axes. The Welby type was mainly distributed in southern and eastern England.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising two bradawls and a proto-money wheel pendant with hole to the hub. 7.17 grams total, 18-66 mm
Found various sites in Essex, UK.
Property of an Essex collector.
Found various sites in Essex, UK.
Property of an Essex collector.
Including lenticular-section blade fragments, triangular tips with midrib, and other items. 119 grams total, 16-69 mm
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Leaf-shaped with prominent lozengiform midrib. 19.6 grams, 52 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in North Yorkshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) drawings and report slip no.YORYM-E01827.
Cf. Ehrenberg, M., Bronze Spearheads from Berks, Bucks and Oxon, BAR 34, Oxford, 1977, fig.20, for type.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in North Yorkshire, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) drawings and report slip no.YORYM-E01827.
Cf. Ehrenberg, M., Bronze Spearheads from Berks, Bucks and Oxon, BAR 34, Oxford, 1977, fig.20, for type.
With rounded base, squat profile, rim with stepped inner face, band of slashes to the shoulder. 2.85 kg, 26 cm wide
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.
With broad leaf-shaped blade and tapering socket extending to the midrib; socket pierced to accept attachment pegs; tip absent. 149 grams, 13.6 cm
From a Dunmow, UK, collection; formed from 1970.
Cf. Ehrenberg, M., Bronze Spearheads from Berks, Bucks and Oxon, BAR 34, Oxford, 1977, item 37, for type.
From a Dunmow, UK, collection; formed from 1970.
Cf. Ehrenberg, M., Bronze Spearheads from Berks, Bucks and Oxon, BAR 34, Oxford, 1977, item 37, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Fragment of socket, blade and cutting edge. 111 grams, 59 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
See similar type in Smith, M.A. (ed), The Shoebury Hoard, Suffolk, Inventaria Archaeologica GB 38, London, British Museum, 1958, no.10.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
See similar type in Smith, M.A. (ed), The Shoebury Hoard, Suffolk, Inventaria Archaeologica GB 38, London, British Museum, 1958, no.10.
Including double-ended square-section awls, chisel with curved edge and other items. 46.6 grams total, 28-83 mm
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
A scarce type III sickle with recurved finial and a curved single-edged blade with thickened upper rim. 34.8 grams, 97 mm
Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman
Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman
Including tool fragents, vessel sherds and other items. 1.85 kg total, 5-56 mm
Found various sites in Cambridgeshire, UK.
Found various sites in Cambridgeshire, UK.
D-section shank with bulb to the apex. 34.8 grams, 58 mm
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Formed as a loop with one broader half, integral suspension bar with ribbed collar. 11.18 grams, 75 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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