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LOT 1724
Anglo-Saxon Broken-Backed Knife
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (23 grams, 13.1 cm).
Single-edge knife blade with curved forward edge to the point, short tang, straight cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the early 2000s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
This kind of knife was called handseax in Old English, a small domestic knife also useful for cooking and general craftwork.
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Anglo-Saxon Bronze Artefact Fragments
6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Including: cruciform brooch, button brooch, disc brooch, wrist clasp, belt mounts and other items, some with traces of gilding. 217 grams total, 15-53 mm
Found East Anglia, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Anglo-Saxon Broken-Backed Knife
Circa 10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Single-edge knife blade with curved forward edge to the point, short tang, straight cutting edge. 23 grams, 13.1 cm
Acquired in the early 2000s. From an East Anglian private collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
This kind of knife was called handseax in Old English, a small domestic knife also useful for cooking and general craftwork. -
Anglo-Saxon Bronze Manuscript Page Holder
8th-9th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Formed as a pair of rectangular plates attached to a tweezer shank with loop and suspension ring, sliding hoop to secure; traces of mineralised fabric to one face 7.08 grams, 55 mm
Found Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
