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LOT 1651
Iron Age Celtic 'Published' Bronze Clothes Toggle Collection
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 1/2 in. (64.6 grams total, 17-39 mm).
Including barrel-shaped type with disc finials, central bar with lateral domes and other types; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series and Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD 1840. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
PublishedBailey, G., Buttons & Fasteners 500 BC-AD1840, Witham, 2004, p.87, items 10.5, 10.7, and others.
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LOT 1651
Iron Age Celtic 'Published' Bronze Clothes Toggle Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Iron Age Celtic Bronze Handle with Crescents
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
D-section tapering shank with hatched median band and transverse collar, ring with two addorsed crescents, hatched bar with slot to long edge and two pierced fixing plates. 53 grams, 12.6 cm
From a North Yorkshire, UK, private collection. Acquired from Adam Partridge Auctioneers, Macclesfield, UK. Property of Mr A.B., an American collector. -
Iron Age and Roman Bronze Bow Brooch Collection
1st century B.C.-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Including Colchester type, La Tène I type, dolphin type and others. 38 grams total, 29-74 mm
Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman. -
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Lynch Pin Terminal
2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Iron shank with applied bronze collar and bulb, ribbed hoop finial. 33 grams, 76 mm
From a North Yorkshire, UK, private collection. Acquired from Adam Partridge Auctioneers, Macclesfield, UK. Property of Mr A.B., an American collector.
