Acquired by Timeless on the UK antiquities market, 2019.
Norman Arrowhead
This frame contains a hand-forged, British-found leaf-bladed iron arrowhead dating from 11th – 13th centuries AD. The arrowhead is of
Type T2 (Jessop, Medieval Arrowheads Typology, 1997) and without doubt military in origin.
Arrowheads of this age were typically tanged (rather than socketed); the head being attached to the shaft with either resin or sinew, and given its period, it is entirely possible that this military arrowhead may have seen service during the Norman invasion of England.
Of course, we can never know its true history – but whoever owned it, and however it was used, it remains a timeless treasure.
Provenance
Acquired by Timeless on the UK antiquities market, 2019.
Bronze Age Palstave Axe Head
A beautifully preserved Middle Bronze-Age Palstave Axe-head dating from the second millennium B.C.E.
The Palstave Axe (erroneously named after an ancient Icelandic digging tool – the Palstabe) is, much like the lanceolate-bladed spearhead, a classic artefact of the British Bronze Age and high on the wish-list of almost every metal detectorist and history enthusiast.
There are well over a dozen types of British Palstave Axe-head – this particular piece being an example of a Group II Early Non-Looped Palstave, displaying the spatulate blade, midrib and raised edges beyond the central stop, which are all typical of its type.
Framed in a glassless, hand-finished bronze-effect wood, this stunning piece of Britain’s ancient history could be yours to own.
Provenance
Acquired by Timeless in 2017 on the specialist UK antiquities market, formerly in a private collection of a London gentleman.
Palaeolithic Hand Axe
A fantastic ovate-shaped early Palaeolithic hand axe, dating from the Mid Acheulian and fashioned from a black-patinated fine-grained hardstone. This enigmatic hand axe is bifacially-worked and beautifully preserved, given its great age.
Knapped by the hominid species Homo erectus or Homo heidelbergensis around 200,000 years ago, it would grace the wall of any home. Framed and hand-finished in ash.
Provenance
Acquired by Timeless on the UK Mineral and Fossil Market, 2018. Originally of North African provenance.