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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Flat-section disc with eccentrically placed circular hole, ribbing to the integral suspension loop. 11.12 grams, 72 mm



Ex German collection, 1990s.

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.

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.

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.

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.