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LOT 0340
Bronze Age Palstave Axehead
CIRCA 1500 B.C.
4 7/8 in. (173 grams, 12.4 cm).
With a flared blade and a long flat-section shank.
ProvenanceNumisart collection, Munich, Germany, 1990.
Acquired in the 2000s.
From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK.
Accompanied by a previous illustrated catalogue page.
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LOT 0340
Bronze Age Palstave Axehead
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Bronze Age British Palstave Axehead
Circa 1500-1100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Of Stop-Ridge type with slander shaft and deep step to each face, stop-ridge and depression below, shallow crescent blade. 400 grams, 15.5 cm
Found 15th July 2022 near Rudge, Shropshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.WAW-A9C090. -
Bronze Age Knife with Looped Pommel
Circa 800-100 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £425
Comprising a flat, gently curving single-edged blade with pointillé decoration to the upper edge, the flat ridge with hatched panels extending to the integral openwork handle, a loop to the end, the handle recessed to accept organic inserts. 49.1 grams, 21.5 cm
Numisart collection, Munich, Germany, circa 1995. Acquired in the 2000s. From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a previous catalogue information page.
The knife is reminiscent of the late Bronze Age- early Iron Age sickle blades, which developed in the falcata blade, a type of short sword used by the Celts in the Iberian peninsula. A falcata was a single-edged blade with an inward curve, allowing both momentum and thrust when used. -
Large Bronze Age Foundry Hoard Ingot
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Irregular bronze ingot fragment with lip to one curved edge. 1.73 kg, 10.7 cm wide
Family collection since before 2000. Ex property of a gentleman collector, Munich, Germany.
