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LOT 1538
Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead Section
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/8 in. (62.6 grams, 55 mm).
Featuring a loop and remains of the socket; crescentic blade lost in antiquity. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Bronze Age Sickle Blade
Circa 800 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With a sharply curving single-edged blade, grooved stem with a rectangular projection above for attachment to a wooden handle. 77 grams, 17 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 Ribbed Socketted Axehead
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
With a gently curving cutting edge, raised horizontal ribs to the socket. 88 grams, 55 mm
Kuizenga collection, The Netherlands, formed from the 1970s onwards. -
Bronze Age Copper Flat Axe
Circa 2000-1500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
With lentoid-section, narrow rounded butt and broad curved cutting edge. 452 grams, 14.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
