BRONZE AGE BRITISH 'ULROME' TYPE CRESCENT-BLADED PALSTAVE AXEHEAD 2nd millennium BC A substantial Middle Bronze Age palstave axehead with spatulate blade; to each face, two convergent lateral wings forming a recess; the butt slightly rounded. 229 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Condition Fine condition, one wing torn. Provenance The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number AX24; ex TimeLine sale 1st November 2013, lot 1454; previously the property of a Scottish gentleman. Literature See Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol.7, Munich, 1981 for discussion. Footnotes Chris Rudd has collected ancient coins and antiquities since the 1940s. As an amateur archaeologist he found many himself at Badbury Rings, Dorset, 1952-53. He also dug at Hod Hill with Professor Sir Ian Richmond and at Wroxeter with Dame Kathleen Kenyon and Dr Graham Webster. Today he is best known as a Celtic coin dealer. His catalogues have been described as ‘an important research source’ by Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe and ‘treasure houses of delight’ by Dr Anne Ross. Coins and artefacts associated with Chris Rudd – as a collector, dealer and valuer – can be seen in The British Museum and other museums. This collection was formed since the 1970s.
BRONZE AGE BRITISH 'ULROME' TYPE CRESCENT-BLADED PALSTAVE AXEHEAD 2nd millennium BC A substantial Middle Bronze Age palstave axehead with spatulate blade; to each face, two convergent lateral wings forming a recess; the butt slightly rounded. 229 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Condition Fine condition, one wing torn. Provenance The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number AX24; ex TimeLine sale 1st November 2013, lot 1454; previously the property of a Scottish gentleman. Literature See Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol.7, Munich, 1981 for discussion. Footnotes Chris Rudd has collected ancient coins and antiquities since the 1940s. As an amateur archaeologist he found many himself at Badbury Rings, Dorset, 1952-53. He also dug at Hod Hill with Professor Sir Ian Richmond and at Wroxeter with Dame Kathleen Kenyon and Dr Graham Webster. Today he is best known as a Celtic coin dealer. His catalogues have been described as ‘an important research source’ by Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe and ‘treasure houses of delight’ by Dr Anne Ross. Coins and artefacts associated with Chris Rudd – as a collector, dealer and valuer – can be seen in The British Museum and other museums. This collection was formed since the 1970s.
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