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LOT 1373
100 Civil War Period Lead Musket Balls
CIRCA 17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1/4 - 3/4 in. (1.71 kg total, 9-19 mm).
Mixed group of lead-alloy musket and carbine balls, some with casting seam and sprue nipple. [100, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Hertfordshire, UK.
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Viking Age Narrow Iron Axehead
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
With triangular-section long blade extending to a socket with small lateral flanges and rectangular extension to the rear. 229 grams, 12.6 cm
Property of London businessman, from his grandfather's collection after WW2; thence by family descent. From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a previous catalogue information page. -
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Viking Age Iron Sword with Seven-Lobed Pommel
Circa 11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Couronian sword of Petersen Type K with double-edged tapering blade and tapering fullers; bronze cross-guard extending at each end to serpent- or horse-heads, wheeled ornament to both faces; the lower guard with similar motifs; seven-lobed pommel with annulets and pellets. 1.02 kg, 86.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11925-209658.
Couronian swords of this type, with animal-head decoration on the lower guard, were widespread and used in the Eastern Baltic lands from the 10th to 13th century. Such zoomorphic detailing was a clear influence from Germanic art. Regular geometric ornamentation, derived from Romanesque art, was also widespread, with one of the most common ornaments being a cross-in-circle. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Barbed Arrowhead
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Triangular in plan with raised central midrib and tapering lugs below, square socket and circular horizontal piercing through the body above. 24.7 grams, 63 mm
On the European art market before 2000. Ex collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman; acquired on the UK art market.
