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LOT 0283
'The Stainmore' Bronze Age Flat Axe with Exceptional Crystalline Patina
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/8 in. (424 grams, 15.5 cm).
Composed of a fan-shaped head with bevelled face and convex cutting edge, flanges creating two elliptical side faces.
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector in Stainmore, Cumbria, UK, in 2012.
Ex private U.K. collection.
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LOT 0283
'The Stainmore' Bronze Age Flat Axe with Exceptional Crystalline Patina
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
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Bronze Age Decorated Sceptre Head
1200-1000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
The stem composed of two vertically arranged bicones, conical knop to chest, collar and broad everted head above, two downwards-directed tapering round-section arms; mounted on a custom-made display base. 621 grams total, 29.5 cm wide including stand
Acquired in Europe before 2000. Private collection, Europe. -
Bronze Age Pendant Pair
10th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising a pair of heavy crescent-shaped penannular rings each attached to a split ring. 84 grams total, 62-63 mm
Ex old English collection. London art market, 1980s. -
Bronze Age Spectacle Brooch
8th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Comprising a pair of opposing wire coils decreasing in thickness from edge to centre, a figure-of-eight to the centre; integral pin and catch-plate to the reverse. 84 grams, 13.3 cm
From the family collection of a Surrey gentleman since before 1960.
The spectacle fibula was widely distributed from the Balkans and northern Greece to southern Italy. Seven variations occur under this type with modifications made to the discs of the fibulae as well as the central connecting device. In the first and second variations (variant 2-2b of Hambleton, the type here), the discs are coiled, whereas in the third and fourth the centre of the coil is left open. The figure eight loop also becomes shorter and wider in the fourth variant.
