Bronze, 120 grams, 73.54 mm. Late Bronze Age; 1,200-500 BC. Small size cast socketted axe with loop to assist tying the head to the haft. The cutting edge convex and the socket slightly squared. Reference: J. Evans Bronze Age Implements; Lord McAlpine Antiquities from Europe and the Near East, p.103, 11.18-21. Good very fine condition with an attractive 'mottled' patination. Provenance: found West Yorkshire, from on old English collection.

Bronze, 90 grams, 110 mm. Late Bronze Age; 1,200-500 BC. Finely cast socketted gouge with angulated socket. The blade of concave shape with slightly convex cutting edge. Reference: J. Evans Bronze Age Implements; Lord McAlpine Antiquities from Europe and the Near East, p.108-9, 11.56-62. Extremely fine condition, with sound patination. Rare. Provenance: found West Yorkshire, from on old English collection.

Bronze, 230 grams, 125 mm. Late Bronze Age; 1,200-500 BC. Medium size cast socketted axe with large loop to assist tying the head to the haft. The cutting edge slightly convex and the socket most unusualy cutaway to fit the form of the haft. Reference: J. Evans Bronze Age Implements. Very fine and rare form. Provenance: found Eastern Europe, from an old collection.

Bronze, 100 grams, 150 mm. Late Bronze Age; 1,200-500 BC. Medium size cast socketted spearhead with two piercings to assist fixing the head to the shaft. The cutting edges slightly convex with the central rib tapering smoothly from the socket. Reference: J. Evans Bronze Age Implements; Lord McAlpine Antiquities from Europe and the Near East, p.107, 11.46. Good fine condition, with slight modern damage to one edge. Provenance: found Eastern Europe, from an old collection.

Bronze, 265 grams, 125 mm. Late Bronze Age; 1,200-500 BC. Large size cast socketted axe with piercings to assist fixing the head to the haft. The socket ornamented with cast chevrons and the cutting edge slightly convex. Reference: J. Evans Bronze Age Implements; Lord McAlpine Antiquities from Europe and the Near East, p.113, 13.5. Very fine and rare form. Provenance: found Eastern Europe, from an old collection.

Bronze, 175 grams, 145 mm. Late Bronze Age; 1,200-500 BC. Finely cast socketted chisel with crescent ornament at the socket. The blade transverse and of heavy rectangular section with square cutting edge. Reference: J. Evans Bronze Age Implements; Lord McAlpine Antiquities from Europe and the Near East, p.100, 10.8. Good very fine condition, with sound patination. Rare. Provenance: found Eastern Europe, from an old collection.

Copper-alloy, 85 grams/30 grams, 77.65 mm/67.54 mm. Circa 2200 BC to 1200 BC. Two fragments from a Bronze Age Group II rapier blade. The upper portion shows a very thick section blade with well-defined midrib (about 8mm thick), flaring to the point where the hilt is attached. The lower portion comprises the lenticular-section point, about 6mm thick. Both pieces show honed edges where the rapier was repeatedly sharpened. Both probably came from the same weapon, but were not contiguous. Reference: Moore, C.N. and Rowlands, M.J. Bronze Age Metalwork in Salisbury Museum, Salisbury, 1972, p.60-1. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 190 grams, 95.42 mm. Circa 2200 BC to 1200 BC. A socketed axe head of 'south-eastern' type with a heavy cast flange, hollow head and solid attachment loop. The sides of the axe head are slightly bowed in section and parallel, flaring twoards the cutting edge. The casting seam is present on both sides. Axes of this type were used both in tree-felling and in warfare. The present example retains most of its original edge. Reference: Moore, C.N. and Rowlands, M.J. Bronze Age Metalwork in Salisbury Museum, Salisbury, 1972, p.56-7. Part missing otherwise, very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 180 grams, 92.61 mm. Circa 1,200-800 BC. A substantial casting in copper-alloy with a heavy collar to the socket, a shallow loop and ribbed detailing on the sides. The casting seams are left pronounced on the upper and lower faces. The cutting edge is a shallow arc. Reference: Evans, J. The Ancient Bronze Weapons & Ornaments of Great Britain & Ireland, London, 1881, p. 112. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition, some nibbling to one end of the cutting edge. Provenance: found Hull, Humberside, England.

Copper-alloy, 22.74 grams, 77.39 mm. 9th-5th century BC. A (drinking horn ?) terminal cast in copper-alloy with a plain transverse disc finial. The shank of the terminal is gracefully arced to continue the curvature of the horn, the end of which sat within the cone and was secured by a rivet which is still in situ. Stylistically, the discoid terminal resembles the clubbed ends of some Late Bronze Age bracelets (e.g. the example from Llanrhaiadr-ym-Mochant) and the socketing method is found on Bronze Age spearheads (e.g. the example from Heathery Burn Cave). Reference: cf. Savory, H.N. Guide Catalogue of the Bronze Age of Collections, National Museum of wales, Cardiff, 1980 item 257 and Evans, J. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, p.312. Very fine condition. Provenance: ex old European collection.

Copper alloy, 34.00 grams; 90.71 mm. Circa 950 - 750 BC, ‘Ewart Park’ period. A stunning little spear shaped socketed chisel, long slender tapered body with a small curved cutting edge. The socket is short and splayed at the end with a slightly fluted rim. A beautiful English piece in extremely fine condition. Found Norfolk.

Copper alloy, 35.69 grams, 82.79 mm. Circa 2100 – 700 BC. A stunning British socketed gouge / chisel, very well cast with sharp lines and complete cutting edge, very well preserved with a dark silky green patination. Two fine cracks around socket otherwise Extremely Fine condition. Found Foxton, Cambrideshire 2007.

Copper-alloy, 19.91 grams (combined), 76.81 mm (aggregate). Circa 1,200-800 BC. Cast and bifacial with two integral side loops. Reference: Evans, J. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons & Ornaments of Great Britain & Ireland, 1881, page 323. Provenance: found West Lavington, Wiltshire. An attractive piece, broken into two parts in antiquity.

Copper-alloy, 115 grams, 71mm. Circa 1,200-800 BC. The major portion of a socketted axe, with integral side loop. Reference: John Evans The Ancient Bronze Weapons & Ornaments of Great Britain & Ireland, London, 1881, page 128. Provenance: from an old English collection. The cutting edge removed or broken away in antiquity.

Copper-alloy, 30.95 grams, 45.24 mm. A small, possibly votive, example with a convex cutting edge and raised shallow flanges to the sides. Reference: John Evans The Ancient Bronze Weapons & Ornaments of Great Britain & Ireland, London, 1881, page 52. Slightly abraded but an interesting item.

Copper-alloy, 75 grams, 102 mm. Circa 2100 – 700 BC. Of typical cast form froma two-piece mould with casting seams visible to the sides. The rounded cutting edge formed at the end of the tapered channel indent. Reference: John Evans The Ancient Bronze Weapons & Ornaments of Great Britain & Ireland, London, 1881, page 174. Provenance: this gouge published in Benet's Artefacts of England & the United Kindom, second edition, page 47, number B99-0102. Fine condition, with slight chip to socket rim.

Copper-alloy, 95 grams, 74.43 mm. Circa 3,000-2,000 BC. With rounded cutting edge and shallow raised flanges to the sides. Reference: John Evans The Ancient Bronze Weapons & Ornaments of Great Britain & Ireland, London, 1881, page 52. Provenance: from an old English collection. A little abraded but a good example.

Copper-alloy, 110 grams, 70.86 mm. Circa 3,000-1,500 BC. Of flat cast form with raised flanges to each side and a curved cutting edge. Reference: John Evans The Ancient Bronze Weapons & Ornaments of Great Britain & Ireland, London, 1881, page 52. Provenance: found in County Durham. A good example of this early type, with the edge well worn from heavy use.

Copper-alloy, 100 grams, 118 mm. Circa 1,200-800 BC. Of cast form from a two-piece mould. The blade with a wide central rib and two fuller grooves. The edges hollow ground. Reference: John Evans The Ancient Bronze Weapons & Ornaments of Great Britain & Ireland, London, 1881, page 279 for a smilar example. A substantial section of an unusual form of sword blade.

Copper-alloy, 145 grams, 215 mm. Circa 800-1,000 BC. A cast bifacial rapier, with two rivet holes to the hilt. The edges hollow ground. Reference: John Evans The Ancient Bronze Implements Weapons & Ornaments of Great Britain & Ireland, page 247, for very similar examples. In excellent condition with only the tip lost in antiquity, perhaps deliberately broken.

Copper-alloy, 3.04 grams, 33.27 mm. A miniature awl of square cross-section tapering to each end from a rectangular central shouldered boss. Reference: John Evans The Ancient Bronze Implements Weapons & Ornaments of Great Britain & Ireland, page 189. An excellent and unusually small example, with slight ancient loss to the tip.

Copper-alloy, 2.41 grams, 37.52 mm. A small awl of square cross-section tapering evenly to each end. Reference: John Evans The Ancient Bronze Implements Weapons & Ornaments of Great Britain & Ireland, page 189. An excellent and unusually small example.

Copper alloy, 57.89 grams, 174.94 mm. Circa 2000 BC. A beautifully well preserved spearhead with long pointed tang. The shoulders curve slightly and meet the cutting edges that taper to a point in a slender leaf-shape. A good piece with a deep green patination in very fine condition. Old collection inscription stating the piece was found at Cressingham, Norfolk.

Copper alloy, 190 grams; 85.11 mm. Circa 900 - 800 BC, ‘Ewart Park’ period. A Welby type axe, square sectioned body with expanded cutting edge decorated with raised ribs on both sides. The loop set in-line with the lower of the two socket moulding. Ref: for similar axes see Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of The Lord McAlpine of West Green, page 103. A good solid axe with some nibbling to the blade otherwise in very fine condition. Found Wiltshire.

Bronze, 75.00 grams; 89.08 mm. Part of a Bronze Age looped and socketed axe with the cutting end plus a portion of the rest with the loop still intact, type unknown. Probably dating from the Late Bronze Age circa 1000BC. (For examples see: The Axes of Scotland and Northern England. Schmidt and Burgess 1981). Found Suffolk.