Sales catalogue: Christies

Date:
14th July 1924
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/4/160
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Christies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    61 Six Bronze Cents on Hatcuerts, displaying a series of evolutionary advances, culminating in the winged and looped celt, with flanges and loop for fixing the imple- ment more securely to its handle. The lengths range from 34 om. to 72 wm. 6 i % (62) Seven smaller specimens, all of the socketed form, two broken ta 63 Two others, larger, one with grooved ornamentation. Also a very rare socketed gouge of beautiful workmanship— 22 wn. long 3 64 Two bronze axes, of the type known as the Palstave Celts, both with grooved ornamentation—6$ im.and 6 in. long 2 65) A bronze spoon—6} m. long; three fish-hooks, and five miscellaneous fence connected with fishing and other occupations Is (Cf. the fishing floats and fragments of fishing nets in same collection, Lots 126, and 145-148) STONE IMPLEMENTS FROM THE LAKE PILE-DWELLINGS. 66 An Axn-Hamuer, in dark stone—7/4} in. long, beautifully shaped ; found at Wangen in 1874; a magnificent speci- men; also the axe-end of another, found on the same site 2. 67 An axe-hammer, of simple form, in light stone—33 in. long ; | also two fragments, and axe-end and a hammer-head, perhaps the same implement, in dark stone; and an unpolished axe-end, in eu grey stone. The first three from Robenhausen 4 68) Five fragments of axe-hammers, in various stones, comprising two bammer-heads and three axe-ends ; also a polished core drilled out of an axe-hammer when making the hole for the shaft. Rare | 6 69. Four unfinished axe-hammers, illustrating various stages of the work, one showing a projecting core in the partly bored hole. Also a spherical hammer-stone, with depres- sions to take the finger and thumb. Found at Wangen in 1874 | 9) ee ieee aed
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