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LOT 1153
Bronze Age Punch Decorated Zoomorphic Snake Bracelet
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 5/8 in. (73 grams, 67 mm wide).
A penannular bronze bracelet with convex outer face, terminals formed as stylised snake heads represented by punched ring-and-dot motifs and incised clusters of transverse lines. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEarly 1990s London collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.
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A group of two spectacle pendants, each composed of two coiled wire circles joined by a loop. 11.7 grams total, 44-45 mm
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Bronze Age Decorated Bracelet Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
A group of two zoomorphic copper-alloy bracelets of penannular form, one featuring opposed stylised beast or hound head terminals, one with flattened terminals, likely representing snake heads. 37 grams total, 46-61 mm
Early 1990s London collection. Acquired on the UK art market. From a private collection, Lancashire, UK. -
British Bronze Age 'The Manston Hoard' Palstave Axehead
14th-mid 12th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
A substantial bronze palstave axehead from the Manston hoard pit deposit, triangular flanges rise from the butt to the stop bar; a hollow to both faces below the septum; narrow body expanding to a wide triangular blade with slight flare at the tips. 505 grams, 18.5 cm
Fine condition.
Found near Manston, Kent, UK, 2016. Accompanied by copies of the British Museum PAS report number KENT-495597. Accompanied by a copy of a Treasure Act documentation under Treasure Reference 2016 T618.
At Manston was found a hoard of ten copper-alloy palstave axeheads, in one spot, described as 'one hole' and therefore possibly a pit deposit from the Middle-Late Bronze Age. A similar hoard of palstaves was also found in the immediate vicinity by the same finder at a later date, see PAS KENT-593613. These palstaves are comparable to those placed within Rowlands 'class 3 group 1', characterised by a U-shaped septum profile, low triangular or slightly convex flanges, a straight sided triangular or crinoline blade and a triangular depression or ribbed motif beneath the stop bar (Rowlands 1976, pp.32-33). Group 1 and 2 within class 3 are divided based on blade width, being 7-8cm and 5-6cm respectively, placing the above axes between the two, but probably within group 1.
