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Bronze Age Chisel and Awl Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: trapezoidal blade with stub tang; conical awl with square-section shank. 20.6 grams total, 39-69 mm
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent. -
Bronze Age Smith's 'Pancake Ingot' Fragment Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising eleven ingots in various sizes and shapes. 3.63 kg total, 3.5-10.5 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Bronze Age Star Pendant and Bead Group
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
A group of annular beads and a spoked pendant. 56.9 grams total, 10-24 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Bronze Age Double Spiral Ring
Circa 1500-1100 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Formed with two spirals of single wire flanking a ring composed of several coils. 21.96 grams, 56.64 mm overall, 16.58 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)
Private collection, Europe, before 1990. Acquired on the Austrian art market, 2001. Private collection, Europe. -
Bronze Age Flanged Palstave Axe and Other Tool Group
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a palstave axe with a narrow neck and flaring blade, an axe with a narrow blade, a pin, and a section of an axe blade. 420 grams total, 5.6-10.1 cm
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Bronze Age Axehead Fragment Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of fragments, including blade fragments. 778 grams total, 34-58 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Bronze Age Ring with Scrolled Terminals
Early 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a flat-section penannular hoop with scrolled finials. 1.57 grams, 19.40 mm overall, 17.92 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)
Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Such rings, made of a twisted bar with smooth or spiral-shaped ends, are quite rare and are typically found in men’s graves. They may have been a sign of chieftainship. However, the small dimensions of the ring may suggest that the ring once belonged to an aristocratic child. -
British Bronze Age Tanged Chisel
England, 1500-900 B.C.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triangular in form, rectangular in section, narrowed to a point at the tanged end, expanding in width to form a curved cutting edge. 3.94 grams, 40 mm
Found Partenell, Bedfordshire, UK. Recorded with UKDFD no.38063. -
Iron Age Belgic Terracotta Tripod Bowl
2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D. or laterEstimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a wide body with an everted rim, three flaring stub legs beneath the bowl; an old inked collector's number '2' on the side. 500 grams, 16.5 cm
Previously from the Eileen Lewenstein collection, gifted in the 1970s. From the Ffestiniog pottery collection, Wales, UK. -
Celtic Bronze Armlet with Coiled Bezel
Iron Age, circa 2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Formed from a single lentoid-section rod with the ends wound around the shank in a sliding knot. 22.2 grams, 88 mm
From the collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, collector. -
Celtic Bronze Cosmetic Woad Grinder Set
Iron Age, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a scaphoid mortar with thick loop finial; separate grinder with hooked point and ring finial. 20.3 grams total, 60-61 mm
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Bronze Rider Figure
Iron Age, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Modelled in the round, male with legs in a straddling pose, wearing a tight-fitting coat, left hand thrust forward and right arm raised; tunic spread out to the rear. 20.3 grams, 50 mm
From the private collection of the late collection of Mr M., Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK, formed from the late 1980s to early 1990s.
