WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SATURDAY 6 APRIL 2019 AT 11AM

2nd Millennium BC to 17th Century AD 5 2nd Millennium BC Bronze age Irish Socketted Spearhead. A bronze spearhead fragment with lozenge-shaped blade, tapering midrib and socket, two flattened attachment loops; old adhesive label ‘Co. Antrim - Knowles DM.’. 54 grams. Accompanied by Export Licence number PAU/00356/17 from the Arts Council of England. Provenance: Discovered Toome Bar, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; Knowles collection; Dix Noonan Webb auction 30 September 2013. The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, collection number BA2; Timeline Auctions, The Chris Rudd Celtic Collection, 5 September 2017; where purchased by the current owner. Estimate €600-€800 (approx £520-£700) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 5 6 2nd Millennium BC Bronze age Irish Socketted Spearhead A small bronze looped and socketted spearhead with leaf-shaped blade having pronounced central rib, the tapered socket with attachment loops. Provenance: Discovered in the 1930s or 40s during ploughing on Coolnacarte Farm, Scotshouse, Clones, Co. Monaghan. By descent to the current owner. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 6 7 1st Millennium BC bronze age British spearhead: A small bronze looped and socketted spearhead with leaf-shaped blade having pronounced central rib, the tapered socket with attachment loops. 39 grams. Provenance: Property of a European gentleman living in South Africa; acquired since the late 1980’s; Timeline Auctions. Estimate €250-€350 (approx £220-£310) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 7 8 Book of Kells, facsimile. A facsimile copy of The Book of Kells with a study of the manuscript by Francoise Henry, Thames & Hudson, 1974. Gilt orange cloth, in slip case. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 8