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LOT 1583
British Bronze Age 'Welby Type' Looped and Socketted Axehead
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 7/8 in. (258 grams, 98 mm).
With convex cutting edge tapering from square body and slightly rounded socket; the socket with one indented band of ornament and a series of indented line ornaments to each side; single lateral loop for attachment to the shaft. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Fox, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK, antiquarian and archaeologist; his collection assembled in the 1950s-1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Pendleton, C.F., Bronze Age Metalwork in East Anglia, BAR British Series 279, Oxford, 1999, item 128, for type; Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab.IX, vol.7, Munich, 1981, p.221-3.
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LOT 1583
British Bronze Age 'Welby Type' Looped and Socketted Axehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
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Miniature Bronze Age Flanged Axehead
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With a flared blade and rectangular-section body with raised flanges. 6.05 grams, 51 mm
From the collection of a Suffolk gentleman, early 2000s. Property of a private collector, West London, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Bronze Age Socketted Chisel
Central Europe, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
With tapering rectangular faces, flat working edge, raised collar to mouth; casting seams to the sides. 124 grams, 11.9 cm
Ex German collection, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
11th-10th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
With a prominent midrib extending to long flaring socket; a single hole to accept attachment peg. 82 grams. 17.5 cm
Acquired on the German art market, 2000. Private collection, Europe. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
