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2nd Millennium BC Bronze age Irish Socketted Spearhead
Estimate:
€1,000 - €1,500
Sold
€2,000
Live Auction
The Eclectic Collector
Size
2.25 by 5 by 0.75in. (5.7 by 12.7 by 1.9cm)
Description
Description: A Irish bronze spearhead with tapering socket, broad wings with rounded lower edges, two flattened attachment loops, collar to the mouth. 148 grams. Accompanied by Export Licence number PAU/00376/17 from the Arts Council of England.
Provenance
Discovered Toome Bar, County Antrim, Northern Ireland;Knowles collection;Collection of a retired antique dealer who acquired it just after the war in Islington, London;The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, collection number AX83; Timeline Auctions, The Chris Rudd Celtic Collection, March 2018, where purchased by the current owner.
