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2nd Millennium BC Bronze age Irish Socketted Spearhead.
Estimate:
€600 - €800
Passed
Live Auction
The Eclectic Collector
Size
1.25 by 5.50 by 0.75in. (3.2 by 14 by 1.9cm)
Description
Description: A bronze spearhead fragment with lozenge-shaped blade, tapering midrib and socket, two flattened attachment loops; old adhesive label 'Co. Antrim - Knowles DM.'. 54 grams. Accompanied by Export Licence number PAU/00356/17 from the Arts Council of England.
Provenance
Discovered Toome Bar, County Antrim, Northern Ireland;Knowles collection; Dix Noonan Webb auction 30 September 2013.The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, collection number BA2; Timeline Auctions, The Chris Rudd Celtic Collection, 5 September 2017;where purchased by the current owner.
