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LOT 0339
Bronze Age South-Eastern Type Looped and Socketted Axehead
CIRCA 10TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 in. (308 grams, 94 mm).
Broad hexagonal socket with thick rim to the mouth, basal loop, curved edge with lateral spurs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Alton, Farnham, Surrey, UK.
Acquired since the 1970s.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, item 116; Moore, C.N. & Rowlands, M., Bronze Age Metalwork in Salisbury Museum, Salisbury, 1972, item 44; Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab.IX, vol.7, Munich, 1981, 1267-94.
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LOT 0339
Bronze Age South-Eastern Type Looped and Socketted Axehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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Circa 800 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
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Bronze Age Bronze Spectacle Pendant
16th-10th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Bronze Age Knife with Looped Pommel
Circa 800-100 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £425
Comprising a flat, gently curving single-edged blade with pointillé decoration to the upper edge, the flat ridge with hatched panels extending to the integral openwork handle, a loop to the end, the handle recessed to accept organic inserts. 49.1 grams, 21.5 cm
Numisart collection, Munich, Germany, circa 1995. Acquired in the 2000s. From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a previous catalogue information page.
The knife is reminiscent of the late Bronze Age- early Iron Age sickle blades, which developed in the falcata blade, a type of short sword used by the Celts in the Iberian peninsula. A falcata was a single-edged blade with an inward curve, allowing both momentum and thrust when used.
