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LOT 1184
Medieval Iron Artefact Collection
14TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/4 - 11 3/4 in. (5.48 kg total, 16-30 cm).
Comprising axeheads of different types, together with a pickaxe with a small hammer-style butt. [5]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Cf. The 18th Century Material Culture Resource Center Date, 18th Century Material Culture. Axes, Hatchets, & Tomahawks, 2015, p.22 (late 17th century), 23 (early 18th century), for similar.
FootnotesVarious axes of similar types have been recovered from the colonies of the New World. One of our specimen seems to be a French hatchet marked with a cross and circle, like the one found in the estate of Tom Wnuck.
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