Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
June 1891
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/40
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    17/90 (page 11)
    69 70 73 74 75 76 ‘x 78 79 80 i A Bronze Axx, the blade resembling that of a Palstave, the hole for shaft placed at end of butt, a very interesting type, 16 cent. long. Found at Gaura in the county of Szatmar 1 A REMARKABLE BRONZE AXE, with long slender blade, the lower part of the butt end curiously lengthened to form a stay or support for the shaft, the body retains traces of ornamentation, an extremely rare type, 16 cent. long. Hungary. (Plate X) 1 A BRONZE AXE, with circular head, or disc at the butt end, 16 cent. long. Found at Gaura in the county of Szatmar 1 A BRONZE AX#, of similar form to preceding, the blade decorated with a serpentine band of waves, and borders of various design, the disc-like head (of slightly convex form with an apex), is decorated with a similar band of waves, an extremely fine and rare eaample, 23 cent. long. Found at Gaura in Szatmar. (Plate XJ ) 1 A BRONZE AXE, the general form similar to preceding, but with projecting collars or bands, forming a socket for the shaft, the engraved designs similar to that of lot 72, an excessively Jine and well preserved exanvple, 24 cent. long. Found at Gaura, im Szatmar.. (Plate XI) 1 A BRONZE AXE, of similar form, the head decorated with the usual Hungarian wave-like border, the point more prominent, the end broken off, 18 cent. long 1 ANOTHER BRONZE AXE, plain, but with the head furnished with a spike, 24 cent. long. Found at Kassa. (Plate XIV ) 1 ANOTHER AXE, as the last, but not so long, 20 cent. long. Found at Arad 1 ANOTHER, very similar in form, but having the head ornamented with a raised Stellate pattern, a very rare and remarkable example, 17 cent. long. Found at Komdrom. (Plate X ) 1 A BRONZE AXE, of same general type as preceding, but having a long slender shaft and a thin fan-shaped blade, the spiked head and upper side of the shaft ornamented with chasing, 28 cent. long. Found at Miskolez. (Plate XI) 1 A BRONZE POLE-AXE, with long slender blade and fan-shaped butt end, the ends of the socket ornamented with engraved vandyke borders, the butt with row of punched-in dots, an extremely rare weapon, 185 mill. long. From Hungary. (Milam collection). (Plate X ) 1 A SOCKETED HAMMER, ornamented with triangular reliefs, the socket of quadrangular form, a very rare object, 8 cent. long.