Context (Related Documents)
See card for sketch.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Bronze plaque, use unknown.'
Event Date 1926
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: Bronze object described in catalogue as 'an affix in the form of a bronze axe'. ie crescent-shaped plate with a tang having lateral projections somewhat suggesting the appearance of an Hungarian battle axe. This plate has a hook at the back for attachment, eg to a box. 3 studs project from the crescentic 'blade' part. Use and date unknown
Event Date 1926
Author: maa

Context (Auction / Sale)
Catalogue card: 'From the collection of the late Dr Charles Forsyth-Major. Lot 258 in the sale of his collections at Stevens's. 30.XI.26. Purchased by the donor'.
Event Date 30/11/1926
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Pelta-shaped object of copper alloy with integral crossbar and hook. The object has a crescent form with the concave edge extended out into a central stem with a medial ridge; the stem is transected towards its distal end by a broad, hollow crossbar with disc-like terminals; the distal end of the stem is pierced through by a circular hole; the surface of the crescent incorporates three evenly distributed cylindrical studs; the reverse side of the object is plain except for a small hook projecting from the rear of the central stud. One arm of the crescent has previously snapped and been repaired using a sheet of copper alloy and two copper alloy pins.
Event Date 6/6/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal