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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.

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.

Including: mortaria, cooking vessels, tableware and other types, plus stone age axe fragments and a domestic animal jaw bone with teeth. 8.4 kg total including box, 3-32 cm



Found Colchester, UK. (UK buyers only, not for export) From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.