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LOT 0282
Large Bronze Age Decorated Looped and Socketted Axehead
CENTRAL EUROPE, 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 3/8 in. (442 grams, 13.8 cm).
With an elliptical-section barrel and two parallel ribs beneath the flared mouth, flared cutting edge, small lateral loop below rim; casting seams to the sides. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx David Miller, Hemel Hempstead, London, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
Cf. MacGregor, A., Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Ashmolean Museum, 1987, no.11.19.
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LOT 0282
Large Bronze Age Decorated Looped and Socketted Axehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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British Bronze Age Palstave Axehead
Middle Bronze Age, 1500-1150 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
With sub-triangular in plan blade and convex expanding sides, convex cutting edge; blade widest before the stop ridge; both faces presenting an impressed triangle below the stop ridge at the upper end of the blade; U-shaped septum and straight-sided open flanges for hafting; butt absent. 196 grams, 10.2 cm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, UK, on Saturday 13th September 2014. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUR-1CB11A.
The Portable Antiquities Scheme states that this axehead is: 'probably part of the Acton Park or Taunton metalwork assemblages.' -
Bronze Age Double Spiral Ring
Circa 1500-1100 B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £120
Formed with two spirals of single wire flanking a ring composed of several coils. 21.96 grams, 56.64 mm overall, 16.58 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)
Private collection, Europe, before 1990. Acquired on the Austrian art market, 2001. Private collection, Europe. -
Bronze Age Curved Sickle Blade
Circa 14th-13th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Of crescentic form with parallel raised ribs to the outer edge and vertical spur to neck. 72 grams, 11 cm
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
