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LOT 1516
Bronze Age Miniature Votive Palstave Axehead Collection
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 5/8 - 13/4 in. (11.7 grams total, 42-44 mm).
Group of miniature palstaves each with transverse lunate balde, raised lateral flanges to the shank. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in the 1990s.
Acquired from a central London gallery.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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LOT 1516
Bronze Age Miniature Votive Palstave Axehead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Bronze Age Copper Flataxe
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
With a gently curving blade and tapering profile. 127 grams, 81 mm
From a North Yorkshire, UK, collection formed since the 1980s; thence by descent. -
Bronze Age Looped Razor
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Comprising a thin flat blade with curved edge, short stem with shallow ribs and a looped finial. 31 grams, 15.9 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 Pair of Spiral Bracelets
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Each formed of flat-section rod with raised median rib decorated with diagonally hatched bands and tapering finials; one bracelet with incised hatched decoration to the finials, the other with panels of incised herringbone decoration interspersed with panels of hatching. 221 grams total, 75 mm each
Ex private collection, Walton on Thames, UK, 1970s. From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK.