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Round-section coiled bar with tapering finials decorated with incised hatching. 159 grams, 82 mm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Columnar type with clubbed ends, ribbing beneath one end; three groups of three radiating knops. 74.7 grams, 12.7 cm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Comprising the socket from a looped-and-socketed axehead, two sickle fragments and a ribbed bar. 489 grams total, 5.8-12.4 cm



Acquired Germany in the early 1980s. From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Foliate blade with a central rib and rounded tip and shoulders, short tang with a pierced finial. 114 grams, 22.2 cm



Ex Abelita collection, 1980s-2010.

A low-flanged palstave with a short 'squared' butt, a triangular blade with a convex cutting edge, deep lateral flanges, a stop and a median rib; loop to the side. 344 grams, 15.1 cm



Acquired on the UK art market since the 1960s. From the private collection of Mr J.P.H., a Woolwich, UK, collector, his collection formed since the 1960s.

A three-pronged trident or tool with a thick rectangular-section shank tapering to a spiral-wound finial; three pointed teeth. 285 grams, 23 cm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Flat-section disc with eccentrically placed circular hole, ribbing to the integral suspension loop. 11.8 grams, 72 mm



Ex German collection, 1990s.

Comprising a rectangular-section tang, flared shoulders, waisted rectangular blade with curved cutting edge. 305 grams, 22.4 cm



From an old English collection formed since 1960.

Featuring a faceted pin with a flared openwork finial formed of triangles, a row of suspension loops above; mounted on a backing board with an information label. 110 grams total, 18.2 cm, 23.5 cm icluding board



Ex Alain Eleb, Louvre de Antiquares, Paris 1eme, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market since the 1960s. From the private collection of Mr J.P.H., a Woolwich, UK, collector, his collection formed since the 1960s.

Substantial biconvex hoop with flared rims, reverse narrowing to a flat base. 41.03 grams, 36.38 mm overall, 21.99 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2 , USA 7 3/4 , Europe 16.86, Japan 16)



Acquired on the French art market before 2000. From an EU collection before 2020.

With shallow lateral flanges to both faces and a broad curved cutting edge. 109 grams, 87 mm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Almost no flanges with a short 'squared' butt, a splayed triangular-section blade with a convex cutting edge. 29.3 grams, 52 mm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.