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LOT 1515
Bronze Age 'Yorkshire' Palstave Axehead
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/2 in. (115 grams, 11.3 cm).
Short-flanged with slightly curved butt, small lateral flanges to each face, long blade with lateral flanges to each face.
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector in Yorkshire, UK.
LiteratureCf. Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981, item 560.
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LOT 1515
Bronze Age 'Yorkshire' Palstave Axehead
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Bronze Age Belt Element Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Comprising: twenty-seven tongue-shaped plaques with knop finial, two attachment loops to the reverse; six smaller mounts with ribbed bodies and bulbous finials, two attachment loops to the reverse; re-threaded to a string. 102 grams total, 23 cm long
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Bronze Age Chisel and Awl Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Including double-ended square-section awls, chisel with curved edge and other items. 46.6 grams total, 28-83 mm
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Bronze Age Sacrificed British Long Sword
1500-1100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,200
Leaf-shaped blade with flared shoulder and two attachment rivets; moulded midrib flaring to two shallow channels; narrow lentoid-section tip; mounted on a custom-made stand. 930 grams total, 56.5 cm high including stand
Reputedly found in the River Blackwater, Bradwell, Essex. with Christie's, South Kensington, 13 May 2003, no.259. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12136-217739.
The lack of an integral tang is an early feature found on Class II rapiers.
