Object: Unknown
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Formerly M. de la Granciere,Sold at Sotheby's, 23.vii.39, Lot 20
Site: France,Brittany,Morbihan,Guern,Fourdan,March 1898,40 m depth
Discovery context: auction
Country: France
Year of discovery: 1898
Associations: Hoard comprising 12 palstaves, 2 blades, 2 parts of spear-heads, 2 socketed hammers, 1 tanged razor, 3 bracelets, + debris. 2 metres distant were 2 pots, one containing fragments of iron.
Publications: Bull. Soc. Polym. Morbihan, 1898, p. 158: Dechelette, Manuel II, Appendix p. 83, Hoard No. 564.
Remarks: Not drawn,List overleaf,Fourdan Hoard: Fragments not drawn at Sotheby's: No.: 54) Palstave larger blade like No. 53 (butt),55) Blade Small, with nicks on either side,56) Blade Fragment,58) Spear-head Fragment,59) Spear-head 3 fragments of socket,62 Razor or Dagger: fragment, with handle ending in a ring: all in one piece, thin.,63, 64, 65) All attached to cards. Bracelets each in several pieces.,66) Small tube containing metal fragments.,Box contains fragments of large urn.