Object: Spearhead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,Professor Sir Lucas White-King, CSI, LLD, FSA,Late of Roebuck Hall, Co. Dublin,Sold by auction at Sotheby's 9.11.21, Lot 143
Site: Ireland,Co. Cork
Discovery context: auction
County: County Cork
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 110
Width (mm): blade 40; socket 19
Thickness (mm): blade 12, 3.5; socket 19
Patina: No patina.
Surface: Smooth where filed.
Composition: Looks like brass
Description: This seems to be a forgery. It looks like a casting which has been "cleaned" with a file. Only one hole for fastening to shaft. The other is solid - no trace of a hole.