British Bronze Age Socketed Axe Head. Glossy Patina

Item Description

C. 2nd millennium BC

A cast bronze socketed axe head decorated with three horizontal ribs to either side of the rectangular body. It has a slightly curved expanding cutting edge, and a lateral hoop just below the mouth. It was moulded hollow, as the wooden half would have been inserted inside the socket.

Nice dark brown, glossy patina and a nice example.

Provenance: Found East Anglia, UK. Acquired in Oxon, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2000), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA17; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Size: 97mm length

SKU: DEN-T519

£425.00

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