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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Button-and-loop fastener with D-section segmented face, flared arm with round-section attachment loop. 17.5 grams, 28 mm



Found Wilden, Bedfordshire, UK. Recorded with UKDFD no.53478.

With median loop and gusseted disc finials, baluster-shaped in profile. 14.29 grams, 29 mm



Found Wilden, Bedfordshire, UK. Recorded with UKDFD no.53125.

A stylised zoomorphic head, roughly pear-shaped and flattened on the underside, with slender ears angling upwards at the back; vertical perforation to the centre; area of iron corrosion at the base indicating the now-missing rivet. 4.18 grams, 23 mm



Found Titchmarsh, East Northamptonshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BH-F944D6

With a flaring blade and a rectangular socket open on one side. 424 grams, 12.5 cm



Ex M. Spiegelberg collection, since 1989-1992; thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous yellow cataloguing slip.