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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 Miniature Votive Palstave Axehead Collection
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Group of miniature palstaves each with transverse lunate balde, raised lateral flanges to the shank. 11.7 grams total, 42-44 mm
Private collection formed in the 1990s. Acquired from a central London gallery. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Bronze Age British Palstave Axehead
Circa 1500-1100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Of Stop-Ridge type with slander shaft and deep step to each face, stop-ridge and depression below, shallow crescent blade. 416 grams, 15.2 cm
Found Norfolk, UK. Ex Ely Auctions, Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Bronze Age South-Eastern Type Looped and Socketted Axehead
Circa 10th-8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Broad hexagonal socket with thick rim to the mouth, basal loop, curved edge with lateral spurs. 308 grams, 94 mm
Found near Alton, Farnham, Surrey, UK. Acquired since the 1970s. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
