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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Antiquities| ▸ |Early European Antiquities||View Options:   | | | The Bronze Age and Iron Age did not begin or end simultaneously across the world or even across Europe. The Aegean Bronze Age succeeded the Neolithic about 3200 B.C. Iron working was introduced to Europe in the late 11th century B.C., probably from the Caucasus, and slowly spread northwards and westwards over the succeeding 500 years. In Northern Europe the Bronze Age lasted until about 600 B.C. |
This type of Celtic terret ring was mounted on the wooden frame of a Celtic chariot to guide the reins and prevent them from becoming tangled, snagged, or lost during battle.AS59773. Celtic, chariot terret ring, c. 3rd - 1st century B.C., 2.6 inches, Fine, some encrustation, double-looped form, oval reign guide loop, half loop lower ring below skirt base; from a New Jersey collection; rare; SOLD
Celtic, Bronze Gouge, c. Early 1st Millennium B.C.
AL61830. Celtic, Bronze Gouge; 4.3", socketed tool with concave section towards tip, rarer than the axes; from a New Jersey collection, SOLD
Thracian Tribes, "Bird Pin," c. 3rd - 1st Century B.C.
Often found only with the top intact these objects are normally described as pins. Most clearly are pins. This example is an implement of some sort, either votive or domestic, probably a tool for weaving. Rare and deserving of further study. AL61800. Thracian, "bird pin" with loop end vice pin, 7 inches; from a New Jersey collection, Choice, complete, c. 3rd - 1st century B.C.; rare; SOLD
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