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LOT 1290
Bronze Age Artefact Group
CIRCA 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 - 5 in. (213 grams total, 1.4-12.6 cm).
Principally: a variety of chisels and other implements and a votive axehead, together with other items. [13, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
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'The Braintree' Bronze Age Axehead and Foundry 'Carp's Tongue/Ewart Phase' Hoard
Deposited circa 900-800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Being an entire 'founder' hoard deposit comprising: complete socketted axes (6; three with linear ornament to sockets); fragments of socketted and earlier type palstave axes (18, including two that fit together); fragments of other items (4) and pieces of copper 'bun' ingot (8). 5.20 kg total, 2-11 cm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Braintree, Essex, UK, on 14th August 2019. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BM-C514EA and with a copy of the Harwich Museum loan form. Disclaimed under the Treasure Act with reference number 2019 T731.
The composition of this hoard is quite typical of similar deposits found across south-eastern England and dating to the Late Bronze Age; most such finds include broken fragments together with pieces of ingot and some complete items, as seen here. It is unusual to see an entire deposit offered together as most such are either held in museums or have been divided up. -
Bronze Age Coiled Bracelet Pair
8th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Each of small penannular form with a raised medial rib to the elliptical face, tapering to coiled terminals with lozengiform cross-section. 72 grams total, 56-58 mm wide
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
Bronze Age Diadem and Bracelet Set
10th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Comprising: a sheet bronze diadem with tapered arms, displaying multiple rows of punched chevrons imitating palm (or other) leaves; two penannular sheet-bronze bracelets, each displaying repoussé pellets and pierced terminals. 67 grams total, 4.1-19 cm
Ex old English collection. London art market, 1980s.
