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LOT 0368
Bronze Age Socketted Double Hammer
CENTRAL EUROPE, 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 5/8 in. (239 grams, 92 mm).
Median vertical socket with holes for attachment, lateral tapering bars each with a biconvex hammer face; rare type.
ProvenanceEx German collection, 1990s.
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LOT 0368
Bronze Age Socketted Double Hammer
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Bronze Age Pierced Sickle Blade
Central Europe, 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Of crescentic form with parallel raised ribs to the outer edges at the base,ellipsoid voids, stub of a spur to outer edge; edge sharpened for use. 41 grams, 10.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Britain, 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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Found East Anglia, UK. From the private collection of Dr Hugh Alderson Fawcett. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.30.22; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
