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LOT 1288
Large Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 3/8 in. (485 grams, 13.5 cm).
Featuring an elliptical socket and wedge-shaped cheeks with convex cutting edge, raised concentric triangle-in-trapezoid to both sides of the neck. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
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Bronze Age Socketted Axehead Fragment
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Featuring a convex cutting edge and wedge-shaped cheeks with crescentic blade; socket damaged in antiquity. 159 grams, 71 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
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. -
Large Bronze Age Freeform 'Pancake' Founder's Ingot
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Of amorphous form with inclusions to both surfaces; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 2 kg total, 34.5 cm high including stand
Found Cotham, Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK.
These 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.
