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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 Socketted Spearhead
Circa 1000 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
With flared socket developing to a midrib with scooped ribbing in a leaf-shaped blade; opposed lateral holes to accept attachment pegs, and casting flaw close to the mouth; mounted on a custom-made stand. 92 grams, 14.6 cm (152 grams total, 20.6 cm including stand)
Acquired on the German art market, from Gallery Christian Niederhuber, 2000. European private collection. -
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. -
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Bronze Age Sickle Blade
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
A lanceolate blade with ribbed detail on upper surface, plain reverse; a fixing peg formed from the casting sprue at the broad end. 138 grams, 16 cm
Ex Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.
