Object: Socketed Celt
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Sotheby's Sale, 26.iii.30, Lot 271,Sold for H. C. Levis, Esq. F.S.A.,Who had purchased it from a dealer, George Way, then of St. Russell St., London many years ago.
Site: England,Yorkshire, E.R.,Doncaster,Said to have come from
Discovery context: auction
Parish: Doncaster
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 114
Width (mm): 36
Edge (mm): 39
Thickness (mm): 32
Patina: Dark brown patina, very highly polished.
Description: On broad side opposite loop are very faint markings, looking something like the grain of wood, under the patina. Narrow ribbed face.
Publications: Sotheby's Sale Catalogue, 25.6.iii.30, p. 36.