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LOT 0311
Iron Executioner's Axehead
CIRCA 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
13 in. (2.8 kg, 33 cm high).
With substantial D-section socket and flange to the rear at the mouth; trapezoidal blade offset to one side, with punched cross crosslet motifs to one face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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