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LOT 0343
Large Bronze Age Spectacle Brooch
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 in. (497 grams, 20.2 cm).
Formed as two large tightly-wound coils; similar verso with pin absent.
ProvenanceEx Surrey, UK, collection, 1980s.
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LOT 0343
Large Bronze Age Spectacle Brooch
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Square in section with rounded tapering ends. 28.3 grams, 59 mm
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s. -
Large Bronze Age Shield Boss
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Broad convex plaque with central button finial, ring to the underside. 107 grams, 13.1 cm
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Middle Bronze Age Palstave Axehead
Circa 1250-1100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
The blade of the palstave sub-triangular in plan, with convex expanding sides, and a convex cutting edge; the cutting edge slightly asymmetrical and blunt; the blade is sub-triangular in profile with the widest section being before the stop ridge; both faces presenting a triangle below the stop ridge and at the upper portion of the blade that points towards the blade; U-shaped septum and straight-sided open flanges for hafting; the butt end thins and is complete with a straight, blunt side; a single side loop on one side of the palstave; a casting seam present along both sides of the object. 319 grams, 12.7 cm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Audlem, Cheshire East, UK, in 2022. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) reference no.LVPL-4DD308.
The palstave fits within the Wilburton and Penard assemblages of the later Middle and earlier Late Bronze Age; this corresponds with Needham (1996) Period 5-6 fitting with Metalworking Assemblage X.
