Sir John Evans's Collections of Artefacts
Bronze Age Hoard
Country of Origin: Britain
Description: Bronze Age 'hoard' including axes, a dagger, knife, hammer, two anvils, a ferrule for a scabbard, a fragment of a bronze bracelet and a whetstone.
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Object Period: Bronze Age
Provenance: Isle of Harty, Kent
Museum Accession No.: AN1927.2490-2519
Aquisition History: Purchased at auction by Sir John Evans. Presented to the Ashmolean Museum by Sir Arthur Evans in 1927.
Other Information: This hoard contains the stock in trade of a bronze founder.
Further References / Links:
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 2nd Series, Vol V, (1873).
John Evans, The Ancient British Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, (1881).
The Victoria History of the County of Kent, I, (1908).
