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LOT 1187
Medieval Iron Blade
CIRCA 14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
10 1/4 in. (418 grams, 26 cm).
A slender crescentic axehead with attachment arms, single rivet hole to each terminal. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of B.C., previously in a 1970s collection.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous dealer's certificate of authenticity.
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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. -
Luristan Bronze Dirk
Circa 1000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Composed of a leaf-shaped blade with a raised penannular rib and slot below the shoulder connected to the grip with lateral flanges and integral pommel, recessed to accept an organic insert. 264 grams, 37.5 cm
From an old English collection, formed in the 1980s. The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
This dirk, cast in one piece mould, belongs to the daggers that Medvedskaya believes support the thesis that majority of them were cast in one piece. However, there are examples where the penannular grip was cast on later on the dagger or dirk. -
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Group
12th-10th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising seventeen tanged arrowheads, most of them having large elongated triangular blades and raised midrib; one with long tang. 105 grams total, 34 - 82 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
Most of these arrowhead seem to belong to the type V, subcategory types A and C according to the classification of Khorasani and Negahban. In the four categories of triangular bronze arrowheads from Luristan, Marlik and Northern Iran individuated by Negahban, subtypes A and C are small triangular arrowheads with barbed shoulders. The arrowhead with squared shoulders belongs to type III of the same classification.
