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LOT 1284

Bronze Age to Post Medieval Artefact Collection

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.-18TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/4 - 2 3/4 in. (244 grams total, 45-70 mm).

Comprising: rectangular bronze plaque with fluted surface; pair of bronze curved horns; round-section C-shaped child's bracelet; baroque furniture mount with scrolled palmette detailing; small bronze chisel with scooped end. [6, No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Berkshire, UK, by M. Ruczynski; the mount found Boxford in 2016.

Accompanied by a copy of a report for the Bronze Age Chisel by the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with report no.BERK-DEF089.

Literature

See Pendleton, C.F., Bronze Age Metalwork in Northern East Anglia. A Study of its Distribution and Interpretation, B.A.R. British Series 279, Oxford, 1999, for discussion.

CONDITION

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LOT 1284

Bronze Age to Post Medieval Artefact Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

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