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LOT 1529
Bronze Age Artefact Collection
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/4 - 2 1/8 in. (1.85 kg total, 5-56 mm).
Including tool fragents, vessel sherds and other items. [110, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound various sites in Cambridgeshire, UK.
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Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead Section
9th-8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Featuring a convex cutting edge and wedge-shaped cheeks with crescentic blade; socket damaged in antiquity. 88 grams, 63 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
The remains of the axe seem to be linked with the Welby type or closely related to it. During the Ewart Park period of the Late Bronze Age (LBA II, 9th-8th century B.C.) there were several regional varieties of ribbed socketted axes. The Welby type was mainly distributed in southern and eastern England. -
'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. -
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
1100-750 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Leaf-shaped with prominent lozengiform midrib. 19.6 grams, 52 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in North Yorkshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) drawings and report slip no.YORYM-E01827.
