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LOT 1814
Bronze Age Armorican Looped and Socketted Axehead
LATE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 700 B.C.
5 in. (240 grams, 12.9 cm).
With broad stepped collar to the mouth, slightly flared square-section body with thick narrow loop, straight edge; old collector's inked label 'Armorican type socketed axe, Late Bronze Age around 700 B.C. North West France, usually found in large hoards, Normandy and Brittany. Ex old French coll. Bought Paris'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound North West France.
From an old French collection, originally acquired in Paris.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by on old handwritten identification tag.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Bronze Age Armorican Looped and Socketted Axehead
Late Bronze Age, circa 700 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
With broad stepped collar to the mouth, slightly flared square-section body with thick narrow loop, straight edge; old collector's inked label 'Armorican type socketed axe, Late Bronze Age around 700 B.C. North West France, usually found in large hoards, Normandy and Brittany. Ex old French coll. Bought Paris'. 240 grams, 12.9 cm
Found North West France. From an old French collection, originally acquired in Paris. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by on old handwritten identification tag. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Bronze Age Spiral Pendant Pair
Late Tumulus-early Urnfield period, circa 1400-1200 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Two double spirals made of tightly wound round wire with a small loop in the middle for suspension. 72 grams total, 69-93 mm
Acquired in the 1980s on the Swiss art market. Swiss private collection Dr R.H. (1922-2007). This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Bronze Age Knife with Perforated Hilt
Circa 1300-800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
With distinctive scooped blade and perforated hilt, originally hafted; some corrosion in places, end of hilt absent; mounted on custom-made stand with collector's label 'N13821'. 158 grams total, knife: 19.7, 20.2 including stand
Austrian private collection, acquired in the 1990s on the art market. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00144926. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
