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Bronze Age Triangular Pendant
Central Europe, 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Thick pendant with raised border and integral loop. 7.73 grams, 48 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Bronze Age Flanged Flat Axehead
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With shallow flanges on both faces and a curved cutting edge. 177 grams, 13.7 cm
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Large Bronze Age Awl or Drilling Tool
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular-section tapering bar with one end modified to form a slender spike. 21.4 grams, 13 cm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Bronze Age Decorated Coiled Bracelet
Central Europe, 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a round-section body with tapering terminals, hatched decoration. 121 grams, 69 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Bronze Age Graduated Set of Studs
Central Europe, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising eight domed studs with a curving integral loop below, set in a seethrough display case. 110 grams total including case, 12-17 mm
Ex German collection, 1990s. -
Bronze Age Flanged Axehead
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Flat axe with shallow flanges to both faces, a rounded butt and a broad curved cutting edge. 148 grams, 99 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman. -
Bronze Age Single-Handled Ceramic Cup Pair
Eastern Mediterranean, 1475-1250 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £165
Comprising: a broad ringware pithos with bifid handle, carinated rim, collector's labels to underside, small hole drilled at base; a similar squat pithos with narrow handle. 353 grams total, 14.7-22 cm
Ex Desmond Morris, between 1967-2001. with Christie's, London, 14-15 May 2002, no.44. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. -
Bronze Age Bead and Awl
Early 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: squat barrel-shaped tubular bead with incised ribbing to the outer face; square-section awl with one pointed end and one chisel. 7.3 grams total, 10-49 mm
From the private collection of the late collection of Mr M., Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK, formed from the late 1980s to early 1990s. -
Celtic Iron Closed Socketted Splayed Axehead
Late Hallstatt-Early La Tene Period, circa 450 B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Splayed blade and a rectangular-section socket. 124 grams, 73 mm
Ex M. Spiegelberg collection, since 1989-1992; thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of a previous yellow cataloguing slip. -
Bronze Age Decorated Palstave Axehead
Circa 1800-1200 B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A low-flanged palstave with a short 'squared' butt, a triangular-section blade with a convex cutting edge, deep lateral flanges, a stop and a median rib; butt partly absent. 292 grams, 11.9 cm
From a UK private collection since at least 1946. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
British Bronze Age Awl
2150-800 B.C.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
The tang square in section with thick collar and conical spike below. 12.7 grams, 51 mm
Found Ravensden, Bedfordshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BH-F3F652. -
Bronze Age 'Crescent Moon' Pendant
Central Europe, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Flat-section disc with eccentrically placed circular hole, ribbing to the integral suspension loop. 11.12 grams, 72 mm
Ex German collection, 1990s.
