NORTH EUROPEAN, NEOLITHIC AND LATER
A Nineteenth Century collection of mainly Neolithic and Bronze Age implements including two bronze palstaves, one with side loop -- 6¼in. (15.5cm.) long max., a bronze spearhead -- 5½in. (13.7cm.) long, Bronze Age, early 1st millennium B.C., and a group of Neolithic stone and flaked flint axes and arrowheads, some polished -- 4¾in. (11.8cm.) long max., 3rd millennium B.C. and later, in wood box(a lot)See illustration
Details
A Nineteenth Century collection of mainly Neolithic and Bronze Age implements including two bronze palstaves, one with side loop -- 6¼in. (15.5cm.) long max., a bronze spearhead -- 5½in. (13.7cm.) long, Bronze Age, early 1st millennium B.C., and a group of Neolithic stone and flaked flint axes and arrowheads, some polished -- 4¾in. (11.8cm.) long max., 3rd millennium B.C. and later, in wood box(a lot)See illustration
Provenance
Mainly from the Willliam Colchester Collection; many of the pieces have labels recording findspots and dates, including Kennet, Suffolk, 1894 and Mildenhall, Suffolk, 1896 & 1897