Bronze Age Penannular Bracelet

The socket of tapering round-section form, leaf-shaped head with midrib to both faces extending almost the full length. 198 grams, 20 cm



Acquired on the EU art market around 2000. From the collection of a North American gentleman.

Bronze Age warriors often deposited personal equipment with the bodies of the deceased or as offerings in the rivers. Technological change was rapid: short daggers lengthened into rapiers and swords, axes developed new and more effective methods of hafting. More specialised equipment emerged, and small foliate spearheads were also present in the Koszider phase of bronzeworking.

Lusatian with a broad, pointed-oval blade and a raised central groove with converging ribs. 147 grams, 15.3 cm

Very fine condition.

Private collection, 1950s. Ex Gorny and Mosch, Munich, Germany, 18 December 2009, lot 463 (part).

The Lusatian Culture (1300-500 BC) is a Late Bronze Age culture, located in the geographic areas of Eastern Germany (Saxony and Brandenburg), Slovakia, Poland, the Baltic countries and the Black Sea area and is characterised by cremation burials. The dead were buried with their personal equipment: men were provided with weapons (comprising sword, dagger, axe, and spearhead) and ornaments (usually a pin or bracelet). At the start of the Middle Bronze Age, several innovations spread quickly and with a lasting effect across central Europe: swords (based on influences from the Danube region) and spears (socketted spearheads) appeared as new weapons, while two-edged razors, tweezers, knives, and sickles were the new tools.

Of roughly trapezoidal form with rounded cutting edge; likely Type Migdale of Metalworking Assemblage III. 185 grams, 90 mm



Found by Mr David Head at Welsh St Donats, Vale of Glamorgan, UK, in 2012. Accompanied by a copy of a museum report with reference no.NMWPA 2012.186.1.