'The Stainmore' Bronze Age Flat Axe with Exceptional Crystalline Patina

Comprising: a sheet bronze diadem with tapered arms, displaying multiple rows of punched chevrons imitating palm (or other) leaves; two penannular sheet-bronze bracelets, each displaying repoussé pellets and pierced terminals. 67 grams total, 4.1-19 cm



Ex old English collection. London art market, 1980s.

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.

Of solid heavy penannular form, round in section with clubbed terminals. 173 grams, 93 mm wide



From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11879-200623.