British Bronze Age 'Slender' Socketed Gouge
Copper-alloy, 44.85 grams, 63.44 mm. Circa 1,200-800 BC. A Late Bronze Age small socketed gouge with a shallow-scooped leading edge and remains of the casting seams to the sides. Reference: Evans, J. Bronze Age Implements; Lord McAlpine Antiquities from Europe and the Near East, p.108-9, 11.56-62. Very fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.