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LOT 1267
Large Bronze Age Freeform 'Pancake' Founder's Ingot
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
13 5/8 in. (2 kg total, 34.5 cm high including stand).
Of amorphous form with inclusions to both surfaces; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Cotham, Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK.
FootnotesThese ingots were cast in shallow scoops carved into boulders or stones at places where the ore was mined and smelted; they were then traded across the Bronze Age world as raw material.
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'The Braintree' Bronze Age Axehead and Foundry 'Carp's Tongue/Ewart Phase' Hoard
Deposited circa 900-800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
Being an entire 'founder' hoard deposit comprising: complete socketted axes (6; three with linear ornament to sockets); fragments of socketted and earlier type palstave axes (18, including two that fit together); fragments of other items (4) and pieces of copper 'bun' ingot (8). 5.20 kg total, 2-11 cm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Braintree, Essex, UK, on 14th August 2019. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BM-C514EA and with a copy of the Harwich Museum loan form. Disclaimed under the Treasure Act with reference number 2019 T731.
The composition of this hoard is quite typical of similar deposits found across south-eastern England and dating to the Late Bronze Age; most such finds include broken fragments together with pieces of ingot and some complete items, as seen here. It is unusual to see an entire deposit offered together as most such are either held in museums or have been divided up. -
Bronze Age Spectacle Head Pin Group
10th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Comprising one with single spectacle head, and another with two pairs of spectacles forming the head. 44 grams total, 13-18 cm
Ex old English collection. London art market, 1980s. -
Huge Bronze Age Spiral Brooch
850-750 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,200
Formed as four coils of rod radiating around a central disc with pointillé decoration; substantial pin and catch to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. 567 grams total, 23 cm high including stand
From the collection of Dr. Peter W. Biertz (1914-2000), Wolsfeld, Germany, by August 1990. Recorded in a letter from Dr Hans Nortmann, Rhein, Landesmuseum Trier, 8 August 1990. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11880-207712.
