Lot 923
AN EARLY TO MIDDLE BRONZE AGE FLANGED AXE.
An Early to Middle Bronze Age Copper-Alloy Flanged Axe, c.2000-1500 B.C. The cast and worked axe formed flat, trapezoidal in shape and with a tapered and rounded butt and flared crescent blade, lateral flanges running from the butt to the under-curve of the blade. Green patina, some small chips and wear to the blade. PAS Record ID: DOR-28154A. 131g, 96mm long, blade 44mm wide.
Provenance: Clive Smith Collection. Found Rampisham, West Dorset.