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Click here to subscribe9th-12th century AD. An iron axehead with slender ridged blade and chin to the lower edge, round socket with rectangular flanges, flattened rear edge; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.7 kg total, axe: 19cm (7 1/2"). From the family collection of a South East London collector; formerly acquired in the late 1950s. Very fine condition. Professionally cleaned and restored.
10th-12th century AD. A silver bracelet with ends twisted round the twisted wire loop, amuletic pendants including twisted wire rings, miniature axe-blades, miniature lozenge faces, miniature firestrikers, a hammer; one loop of strip-twist manufacture. See Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940. 57 grams, 12.5cm (5"). From a London W1, UK, collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
9th-11th century AD. A small silver axe with slender triangular-section blade and straight cutting edge, the blade extending to a thickened curved tang with four bronze rivets, the finial formed as a stylised beast-head with triangular ears and open mouth. 102 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). Property of a European businessman; from his private Belgian collection formed in the 1990s; previously in a North American collection formed in Illinois in the 1980s. [No Reserve] Fine uncleaned condition.
9th-12th century AD. An iron axehead with curved blade and trefoil-shaped chin to the lower edge, round socket with triangular flanges to the upper edge and trefoil-shaped flanges to the lower face; mounted on a custom-made display stand. See http://kulturarvsdata.se/shm/object/120502 for similar. 1.4 kg total, axe: 17.5cm (6 3/4"). From the family collection of a South East London collector; formerly acquired in the late 1950s. Very fine condition. Professionally cleaned and restored. Rare.
9th-11th century AD. An iron axehead with slender ridged blade and chin to the lower edge; round socket with lateral triangular flanges and long rectangular extension to the rear; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.6 kg total, axe: 19.5cm (7 3/4"). From the family collection of a South East London collector; formerly acquired in the late 1950s. Very fine condition. Professionally cleaned and restored.
9th-11th century AD. An iron axehead with long slightly curved blade, long neck, round socket with lateral triangular wings above and below, flattened rear-edge; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.5 kg total, axe: 28.5cm (11 1/4"). From the family collection of a South East London collector; formerly acquired in the late 1950s. Very fine condition. Professionally cleaned and restored.
9th-11th century AD. An iron broad axehead of asymmetrical profile with reinforced curved cutting edge, triangular-section socket with flanking triangular spurs to upper and lower edges; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.1 kg total, axe: 18cm (7"). From the family collection of a South East London collector; formerly acquired in the late 1950s. Very fine condition. Professionally cleaned and restored.
A Persian axe tabar. Qjar dynasty, wootz steel head 14cms, chiselled with lion attacking deer on both sides against flowering foliage, gold damascened borders with inscriptions, on its slender wooden haft covered with tinned brass foil (some damage), the eye covered by a soft metal mount containing applied turquoise (some missing or broken). GC
A massive and very decorative Indian Hindu axe. Late 19th century, crescent-shaped iron blade 35cms brass inlaid with Krishna playing his flute within a kiosk flanked by attendants surrounded by flowering lotus, the top edge pierced and shaped, the socket inlaid with an inscription in Hindi, the peen applied with a pair of brass kiosks with a brass spike between, on its wooden haft with brass rivet heads and iron mounts. GC (iron front spike well restored
Equestrian interest - complete set of volumes I - IX of The Horse - its treatment in health and disease, with a complete guide to breeding, training and management, edited by Professor J. Wortley, AXE, M.R.C.V.S., published by Gresham Publishing Company, The Strand; Maythrew's Horse Doctor, new edition dated 1901 (10)
A small mixed lot of detecting finds. Within this lot, an incomplete cast copper-alloy Late Bronze Age socketed axe (c. 1000-800 BC), a Roman or Early Medieval openwork bell, a decorated Early Anglo-Saxon disc type brooch decorated with multiple punched ring-dot motifs (c. AD 450-600) and a decorated copper-alloy Late Medieval dagger chape. Condition: generally good, the brooch treated. Provenance: from the collection of a metal detectorist, from various locations. The axe from Hampshire, the brooch Rochester, Kent, and the chape reportedly a Thames find.
A mixed lot of copper-alloy metal detecting finds. Lot includes a fragment of Middle Bronze Age axe, two Roman spoon handles, a decorated Roman nail-cleaner/strap end, a fragment of Roman trumpet brooch, two unidentified objects, a complete Medieval cinquefoil-shaped brooch, a Medieval lamp hanger, two Tudor clothes fasteners and a 17th/18th century gilt mount in the form of a cherub. Condition: 'as dug', though mostly fair to good.Provenance: various findspots, from the collection of a metal detectorist.
NORGAY TENZING: (1914-1986) Nepalese Indian Sherpa Mountaineer, the first man, with Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. A good vintage signed colour postcard photograph of Norgay standing in a full length pose on snow covered rocks and holding a pick axe in one hand. Signed ('Tenzing') in blue fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image and dated 24th February 1960 in his hand. Colour signed photographs of Norgay of this quality are rare. Some very slight traces of former mounting to the verso. Together with Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. T.L.S., E. P. Hillary, one page, 4to, Auckland, New Zealand, 14th March 1973, to Nelson Taylor. Hillary thanks his correspondent for their letter and remarks 'As I am mainly involved in aid work in the Everest region now I have not been climbing for some time but hope to have the opportunity of taking an expedition to the Himalayas in the near future with a climbing programme in mind. We have built schools, bridges and a small hospital in the Everest region so all this keeps me quite busy' and a Signed First Day Cover issued to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Sokol Physical Fitness in America, postmarked at Washington D.C., 15th February 1965. Signed ('E. P. Hillary') by Hillary in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area. Also including Charles Evans (1918-1995) Welsh Mountaineer, Deputy Leader of the British Mount Everest Expedition of 1953. Blue ink signature ('Charles Evans') on a piece, with two additional typed words, evidently clipped from the conclusion of a letter. Generally VG, 4
A Japanese polished brass naming axe for the MT 'Diana Prosperity':, inscribed to both sides of the axe head with launch date and yard details, mounted on a plain handle with coloured ribbons, in a presentation box, the axe 31cm long.*Notes- The 'Diana Prosperity' was ordered in 1976 but due to the decline in the oil market the purchasers tried to argue that the contract was void as the ship had not been built at Osaka yard but instead at Oshima yard. The case went to the House of Lords and is now known as a landmark case in English contract law as Lord Wilberforce stated that the yard and ship number had no significance, rather that it was the goods that were significant.
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