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LOT 1156
Bronze Age British Palstave Axehead
1400-1150 B.C.
4 1/4 in. (168 grams, 10.7 cm).
With leaf-shaped lateral flanges, mid-stop with deep ledge, flared blade with curved edge; butt absent.
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire, UK, 2000s.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Cf. Schmidt, P.K. and Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab.IX, vol.7, Munich, 1981, item 739.
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Luristan Copper Flat Axehead
13th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed with a rounded butt and flared cutting edge; flat in cross-section. 177 grams, 17.5 cm
UK private collection formed before 2000. Ex North London, UK, gallery. -
Bronze Age Sacrificed Spectacle Brooch
8th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
The round-section body with incised herringbone and linear decoration; sacrificially unravelled and now forming a large loop with one coiled end. 320 grams, 45 cm wide
UK private collection, 1990s. Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
The spectacle fibula was widely distributed from the Balkans and northern Greece to southern Italy. Seven variations occur under this type with modifications made to the discs of the fibulae as well as the central connecting device. In the first and second variations the discs are coiled, whereas in the third and fourth the centre of the coil is left open. The figure eight loop also becomes shorter and wider in the fourth variant. -
Late Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
Circa 9th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Leaf-shaped blade with a ribbed raised central ridge. 118 grams, 17.5 cm
From the collection of Dr Günter Wiedner, Bavaria, Germany, 1980s-2015. Property of an East Sussex, UK, private collector.
These kind of spearheads are similar to the spearheads found in Irish Late Bronze Age hoards of the Dowris period, although there are no channelled blades.
