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LOT 1621
Large Bronze Age Brooch Spiral Pair
CENTRAL EUROPE, EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/8 - 6 1/4 in. (467 grams total, 13-16 cm).
Coiled bronze rod spirals from a spectacle brooch. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
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Bronze Age Group of Tools
Central Europe, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Including square- and round-section awl, spike and other tools. 88 grams total, 6.2-16.6 cm
Ex German collection, 1990s. -
Bronze Age Sickle Blade
Central Europe, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Of crescentic form with parallel raised ribs to the base, lateral spur to neck. 116 grams, 12.5 cm
Ex German collection, 1990s. -
Bronze Age Palstave Axehead
Britain, 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Lentoid-section body, crescentic blade and square butt, lateral flanges on both faces. 274 grams, 12 cm
Found UK. Ex British private collection, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA24; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
