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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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Roman Iron Gladius
1st-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £1,300 - 1,600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £722
Or semi-spatha blade with parallel-sided lentoid-section body and a long rectangular-section tang; Mainz type, Wederath-Canterbury-Kopki variant; repaired and surface treated. 557 grams, 83 cm
Ex South London collection, acquired 1970-1990. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
In contrast to the average length of the Roman Pompeii type gladius, some Roman swords, continuing the typology of the Mainz gladius, tend to be longer and transform themselves into a semi-spatha. Both the weapon from Eich (Miks, 2001, AI43), and especially a gladius from Korytnica with approximate blade length of 548mm (total length 762mm) is very close to the length limit of a semi-spatha. The same can be said of a blade from Godmanchester (Miks, 2001, no.A824) for its dimensions and proportions, where the tip of the blade already gives a significantly shorter impression, showing a certain relationship to 'Lauriacum-Hrornöwka', 'Mainz-Canterbury' variant type spathae. -
Georgian Steel Rapier Sword
Late 18th-early 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With long triangular-section blade and narrow acute tip, shell-guard hilt with two rings to the reverse and knuckle-guard, wire-bound grip, poppyhead pommel with knop finial. 497 grams, 102.5 cm
Acquired UK market. Property of a Kent collector. -
Post Medieval Bronze Helmet Plume Holder Group
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising six various types, together with various fittings; a number of holders decorated with banding. 270 grams total, 22-58 mm
Found Berkshire, UK.
