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LOT 1533
Bronze Age Central European Ribbed Bracelet Pair
CIRCA 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
1 5/8 in. (17.3 grams total, 41-42 mm).
Comprising two slender penannular bracelets with ribbed bodies and tapering terminals. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead Section
9th-8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Featuring a convex cutting edge and wedge-shaped cheeks with crescentic blade; socket damaged in antiquity. 88 grams, 63 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
The remains of the axe seem to be linked with the Welby type or closely related to it. During the Ewart Park period of the Late Bronze Age (LBA II, 9th-8th century B.C.) there were several regional varieties of ribbed socketted axes. The Welby type was mainly distributed in southern and eastern England. -
'The Badgers Hill' British Bronze Age Dagger
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Long leaf-shaped blade, lentoid in section with two cutting edges and shallow tip; flared shoulders with recesses to accept mounting rivets. 100 grams, 15.4 cm
Found Badgers Hill, Luton, Bedfordshire, UK, in 1987. Ex M. Hamblin collection, UK. Recorded with Wardown Museum, Luton, UK. -
Large European Bronze Age Gold Ribbed Bangle
2500-800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500
Sheet gold tubular cuff with balustered profile and beaded detailing to the interstitial rings, reeding to the edges, slightly fragmentary. 70 grams total, 9.6 cm
From a collection of jewellery formed by a gentleman collector, deceased 1970s. Latterly in the J L Surey collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12133-217906.
