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LOT 1439
Post Medieval Bronze Decorated Scabbard Section
17TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (39 grams, 13 cm).
Fragment of scabbard for a narrow two-edged sword; with three transverse bands of impressed crosses, lozenges and rosettes; edges butted to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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Greek Bronze Arrowhead Group
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Each socketted with a side lug and raised midrib. 20.4 grams total, 43-48 mm
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic Integral Hilted Bronze Short Sword
Late 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With a broad, lentoid-section flat blade, rounded tip, sloping sides, well marked shoulders with wide but short tang. 713 grams, 43.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The sword finds similarity with a one from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. This is the most primitive form of dagger, consisting of a simple, pointed blade having slightly convex outline shoulders sloping to a short tang which has no rivets, and was probably hafted to wood with bitumen. -
Western Asiatic Style Dagger Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Each a curved steel blade with two fullers, stamped ornament; waisted bronze grip with applied bone panels, tendril ornament; cast scabbard with suspension rings, advancing warrior with scimitar to each face. 425 grams total, 23.2-23.7 cm
Acquired during the 1960s. From an old North London oriental and ethnographical collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
