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LOT 1514
Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
2 3/8 in. (73.2 grams, 59 mm).
Comprising of a wedge-shaped body and convex cutting edge, ellipsoid mouth and collar moulding; three raised moulded ribs to each face; D-shaped moulded loop to one edge; likely a South-Eastern variant.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
Cf. similar find reported to the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) under record number BERK-8D62D5.
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Large Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead
1200-800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
With a gently curving cutting edge, flaring tubular socket with raised ribs, small loop to the thickened rim. 435 grams, 14.2 cm
Ex Alexander Cotton collection, 1970s. From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a previous catalogue information page. -
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. -
Bronze Age British Looped Palstave Axehead
Circa 1200-800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
A low-flanged palstave with rounded butt, triangular blade with convex cutting edge, deep lateral flanges, stop and median rib; loop to the side; seam, loop and butt with casting flash. 342 grams, 15 cm
Acquired from TimeLine Auctions 19 March, 2010, no.572. Property of a Shropshire private collector.
