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LOT 1265
European Bronze Age Bird Mount
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/4 in. (62.7 grams, 58 mm).
Formed with spread wings and bulging eyes, the tail forming two attachment lugs; two piercings through the body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Garcia collection, France, 1990s-2000s.
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Bronze Age and Other Artefact Group
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising: a small Bronze Age copper flat axehead; a small triangular-section axehead with step to one edge; a cast Bronze Age axehead with recess to the rear on each face. 149 grams total, 5.2-10.2 cm
From a Lancashire collection before 2013. -
Bronze Age Socketted Axehead Fragment
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Featuring a convex cutting edge and wedge-shaped cheeks with crescentic blade. 93 grams, 53 mm
Essex gallery, early 2000s.
The fragment belongs to a typical example of developed flat axe with expanded curved cutting edges and sides raised into slight flanges. Some specimens like this are representative of the early bronze age in Britain and Europe. -
British Bronze Age Looped and Socketted Axehead
12th-8th century B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
With round-section barrel and two parallel ribs, flared cutting edge, small loop below. 300 grams, 14 cm
Very fine condition.
John Lawton collection, Surrey, UK. London Mayfair gallery, UK. Dr D.G. collection, 1990s-2019. Accompanied by an old typed catalogue slip with provenance.
This very fine British specimen of Bronze Age axe still has the loop used for securing it to the wooden handle. This type has some features in common with a number of specimens from the Little Coombe Hoard (BM no.1894, 0803.4) and can be dated to the Late Bronze Age.
