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LOT 1671
Bronze Age Group of Tools
CENTRAL EUROPE, 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/8 - 6 1/2 in. (88 grams total, 6.2-16.6 cm).
Including square- and round-section awl, spike and other tools. [6]
ProvenanceEx German collection, 1990s.
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LOT 1671
Bronze Age Group of Tools
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Large Bronze Age Twin-Looped Palstave Axehead
Britain, 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
With gently curved cutting edge and rebates to receive the handle, integral longitudinal lines to each side, below the rebates; narrow attachment loop to each side. 953 grams, 22 cm
Found East Anglia, UK. Acquired in Oxon, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA18; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Bronze Age Flanged Axe
Central Europe, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
A substantial wing-flanged bronze axehead with narrow straight blade and convex cutting edge, lateral rhomboid in-turned flanges meeting at the centre of each side; square butt. 280 grams, 16 cm
Ex German collection, 1990s. -
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
Late 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With flared socket developing to a midrib in a leaf-shaped blade; opposed lateral holes to accept attachment pegs. 130 grams, 16.5 cm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.C2; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
