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LOT 1682
Bronze Age Artefact Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 - 6 1/4 in. (94 grams total, 3-16 cm).
Including a miniature chisel, dress pin, arrowhead and other items. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA26; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead
Eastern Europe, 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
With round-section barrel and two parallel ribs, flared cutting edge, small loop below; edge chipped. 139 grams, 95 mm
Ex British private collection, Buckinghamshire, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA25; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Bronze Age Copper Flat Axehead
Mid 3rd-mid 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With chamfered convex cutting edge, square butt. 285 grams, 10.5 cm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Large Bronze Age Spectacle Brooch
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Formed as two large tightly-wound coils; similar verso with pin absent. 497 grams, 20.2 cm
Ex Surrey, UK, collection, 1980s.