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LOT 1610
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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1610
Bronze Age Socketted Double Hammer
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With collared socket and unfinished loop below, facetted cheeks and narrow curving blade. 395 grams, 12.8 cm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
British Bronze Age 'South-Eastern Type' Looped and Socketted Axehead
Circa 10th-8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Flared blade and socket, loop to the edge. 143 grams, 71 mm
From the private collection of John Fox, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK, antiquarian and archaeologist; his collection assembled in the 1950s-1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Bronze Age Bull's Head Necklace
10th-8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Restrung necklace of tubular beads, some corrugated and others with two loops to the underside, each loop with a flared dangle; interstitial biconvex barrel-shaped beads and sturdy zoomorphic type with ropework detailing to the tube and bull-head below with openwork muzzle; pierced domed disc at each end. 250 grams, 35.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
