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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]
ProvenanceFound 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.
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.
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Huge Bronze Age Spiral Brooch
850-750 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,200
Formed as four coils of rod radiating around a central disc with pointillé decoration; substantial pin and catch to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. 567 grams total, 23 cm high including stand
From the collection of Dr. Peter W. Biertz (1914-2000), Wolsfeld, Germany, by August 1990. Recorded in a letter from Dr Hans Nortmann, Rhein, Landesmuseum Trier, 8 August 1990. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11880-207712. -
Bronze Age British Copper-Alloy Rivetted Dagger
Circa 13th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
A rapier or dirk blade; the blade roughly leaf-shaped with raised midrib to both faces, flat butt with two rivet holes, one retaining a rivet. 87 grams, 15 cm
From an old South Coast, UK, collection. Ex Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK. -
Bronze Age European Spearhead
Late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Leaf-shaped, with bevelled edges and lozenge-sectioned mid-rib, socket pierced twice. 211 grams, 37.4 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
The shape of the blade resembles a willow leaf with its widest part situated in the middle of its length. The origin of this shape is still not very clear. It was probably invented somewhere in Anatolia or the Near East. In the Aegean it appears for the first time in LH II A, before spreading around Western Europe.
