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LOT 1471
Cased Tudor to Stuart 'Published' Sword Belt Accruement Collection
16TH CENTURY A.D.
20 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (3.8 kg total, 52.5 x 37 x 6 cm including case).
Collection of military belt fittings including buckles and frames, strap hooks, scabbard chapes and other items, all mounted and labelled in a felt-lined glazed wooden display case; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
PublishedBailey, G., Detector Finds, Witham, 1992, p.7 (double-loop buckle frame).
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LOT 1471
Cased Tudor to Stuart 'Published' Sword Belt Accruement Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Medieval Iron Long Bearded Axehead
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With a narrow curving blade and a tongue-shaped socket. 420 grams, 11.2 cm
Ex Californian collection, USA, 1980s. -
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Western Asiatic Bronze Dagger
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
With a narrow pointed blade and wide raised flange down centre, straight sides, well marked shoulders with narrow tang, one hole for rivet. 128 grams total, 17.6 cm high including stand
From the possessions of a member of a German princely family, gathered in the late 19th century, until the 1930s. with Auction House CUSP, Vienna, Auction Antique Art from Asia and from the Eastern Mediterranean, 16 June 2012, lot 75 [Part].
The type was technically more advanced than previous types of blades in the Near East, owing to the shape of the weapon, with its slightly convex sides widening out near the point, which combined the advantages of the leaf-shaped and straight-sided forms. -
Chinese Chou Bronze Spearhead
4th-3rd century B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
With thick midrib, leaf-shaped blade with lateral spurs, deep tubular socket with fastening hole for the attachment to the wooden shaft. 250 grams, 32 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
The Chou chariot carried three crewmen, a driver, an archer on the left and a man armed with spear or dagger-axe on the right. The long spears were in bronze until the 300 B.C., when the Chou warriors began to adopt steel spearheads, 'as sharp as a bee's sting'.
