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Lot No. 1669
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Ellipsoid plaque curved into a penannular form with gusseted profile, scroll finials. 35 grams, 46 mm

Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.

Lot No. 1672
3
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Each a carinated D-section band in coils with tapering snake-head finial. 216 grams total, 64 mm each

Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.

Lot No. 1673
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Composed of a coil of round-section rod with pointed finials. 47 grams, 58 cm

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Lot No. 1674
 
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Each a domed plaque with four short legs to reverse and mounting ring. 32.5 grams total, 26-28 mm

Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Lot No. 1675
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
D-shaped in section in seven coils with tapered snake-head finial. 96 grams, 64 mm

Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.

Crescentic in plan with parallel raised ribs to the outer edges at the base, lateral spur to neck. 158 grams, 19.6 cm

Ex German collection, 1990s.

Round in section with twisted body, scrolled finials. 113 grams, 20.5 cm

Ex German collection, 1990s.

Cf. similar in the British Museum, London, under accession number 1984,0704.1.

Lot No. 1678
3
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Lentoid-section body, crescentic blade and square butt, lateral flanges on both faces. 274 grams, 12 cm

Found UK.
Ex British private collection, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA24; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Cf. a similar specimen in Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, figs.53, 55, 56.

Trapezoidal in plan with flared edge and square butt. 125 grams, 98 mm

Found East Anglia, UK.
Acquired in Oxon, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA19; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

See Savoury, H.N., Guide Catalogue of the Bronze Age Collections, National Museum of Wales, 1980, fig.17, for similar examples.

Narrow blade with slightly flared edge, square-section socket with thick collar to the mouth and loop to one side of the collar; raised casting seams. 86 grams, 77 mm

Found East Anglia, UK.
From the private collection of Dr Hugh Alderson Fawcett.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.30.22; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Lot No. 1682
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Including a miniature chisel, dress pin, arrowhead and other items. 94 grams total, 3-16 cm

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA26; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

D-section section of oak with old collector's label '"Bog Oak" / c.2000 years old / Suffolk' and inked 'IA2-12' to reverse. 24.8 grams, 63 mm

Found Suffolk, UK.
Acquired from Ray Fitzgerald, on 27 March 1979.
Acquired Coincraft, London, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.IA12; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

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