Lot Essay
Each with attached handwritten labels, giving provenances and dates of purchase at Sotheby's, 1886 and 1890 respectively
Details
An Italic bronze socketed celt
with trapezoid blade, the shoulders with terminal projections, the square socket with ribbed collar, from Etruria -- 4 7/8in. (12.5cm.) long; and a bronze palstave, the elongated blade with long curved flanges, the notched butt with slight damage, from Nola -- 6 5/8in. (16.8cm.) long, both circa 6th Century B.C. (2)
with trapezoid blade, the shoulders with terminal projections, the square socket with ribbed collar, from Etruria -- 4 7/8in. (12.5cm.) long; and a bronze palstave, the elongated blade with long curved flanges, the notched butt with slight damage, from Nola -- 6 5/8in. (16.8cm.) long, both circa 6th Century B.C. (2)
Provenance
Item one: Castellani collection; Item two: Robinson collection