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LOT 1520
Bronze Age and Celtic Artefact Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 2 1/2 in. (7.17 grams total, 18-66 mm).
Comprising two bradawls and a proto-money wheel pendant with hole to the hub. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound various sites in Essex, UK.
Property of an Essex collector.
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Bronze Age 'Yorkshire' Palstave Axehead
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Short-flanged with slightly curved butt, small lateral flanges to each face, long blade with lateral flanges to each face. 115 grams, 11.3 cm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Yorkshire, UK. -
'The Badgers Hill' British Bronze Age Dagger
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Long leaf-shaped blade, lentoid in section with two cutting edges and shallow tip; flared shoulders with recesses to accept mounting rivets. 100 grams, 15.4 cm
Found Badgers Hill, Luton, Bedfordshire, UK, in 1987. Ex M. Hamblin collection, UK. Recorded with Wardown Museum, Luton, UK. -
Large Bronze Age Grey Ware Storage Jar
2nd millenniumn B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
With rounded base, squat profile, rim with stepped inner face, band of slashes to the shoulder. 2.85 kg, 26 cm wide
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
