Rare European Late Bronze Age 'Socketted' Ornamented Chisel
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.