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LOT 1548
Bronze Age British Palstave Axehead
CIRCA 1500-1100 B.C.
6 in. (416 grams, 15.2 cm).
Of Stop-Ridge type with slander shaft and deep step to each face, stop-ridge and depression below, shallow crescent blade. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
Ex Ely Auctions, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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Bronze Age Looped Razor
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Comprising a thin flat blade with curved edge, short stem with shallow ribs and a looped finial. 31 grams, 15.9 cm
Ex private collection, Walton on Thames, UK, 1970s. From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a previous catalogue information page. -
Bronze Age Palstave Axehead
Circa 1500 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With a flared blade and a long flat-section shank. 173 grams, 12.4 cm
Numisart collection, Munich, Germany, 1990. Acquired in the 2000s. From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK. Accompanied by a previous illustrated catalogue page. -
Large Bronze Age Foundry Hoard Ingot
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Irregular bronze ingot fragment with lip to one curved edge. 1.73 kg, 10.7 cm wide
Family collection since before 2000. Ex property of a gentleman collector, Munich, Germany.
