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Bronze Age Votive Sword Hilt and Upper Blade Section with 'Shooting Star' Decoration
1150-950 B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
With a broad median rib and flared shoulder, grip with flange to each edge, five perforations for attachment of the organic components, engraved with a motif resembling a shooting star or comet. 358 grams, 23.8 cm
Possibly from the collection of relative Scott Langshaw Burdett (1896-1961), who served in the Great War as a Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment, and was awarded the Military Cross; and later became Consul-General in Hong Kong. From an old Sussex family collection since at least 1946, thence by descent 2011.
