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LOT 1613
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Moustache Type Dagger Pommel
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (19.8 grams, 39 mm).
Comprising a swollen body tapering towards the pointed terminals; the centre of the body with a circumferential recess; decorated with alternating ridges and grooves. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector.
From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000.
Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This type of pommel is called a 'moustache pommel', so named because of its shape, a sort of comedic, droopy moustache.
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LOT 1613
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Moustache Type Dagger Pommel
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Large British Celtic Bronze Chariot Terret Ring
Iron Age, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Substantial fitting with round-section elliptical loop, ribbed transverse collar at the base. 196 grams, 82 mm
Found North Yorkshire, UK. Ex Yorkshire, UK, collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Moustache Type Dagger Pommel
2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising a swollen body tapering towards the pointed terminals; the centre of the body with a circumferential recess; decorated with alternating ridges and grooves. 19.8 grams, 39 mm
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector. From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000. Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This type of pommel is called a 'moustache pommel', so named because of its shape, a sort of comedic, droopy moustache. -
Celtic Iceni Decorated Bronze Horn Cap
Iron Age, 2nd century B.C.-early 1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
Sceptre head or other fitting with biconvex flange, possibly a finial from the yoke of a chariot. 314 grams total, 45-75 mm
Found Colchester, Essex, UK, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Twenty or so 'horn caps' are known in museums and private collections, all have been found in Britain and mostly in Southern England. This type of decorative cap is from the end of a curved wooden handle which projected from the back of an Iron Age chariot, by which a warrior could pull himself back into the chariot. The chariot to which this would have been attached would have belonged to a chief or wealthy warrior from the Icenic tribe.
