PAIR OF CELTIC BRONZE AXE HEADS Ca. 600 BC. A pair of cast bronze axe heads. The upper example is a flanged axe with a narrow body, concave sides, and sharp lateral flanges. The lower example is a socketed axe with a broad collar, side loop, and ridged body ending in a flared blade. Restored. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 2017.38; The British Museum, Museum number 1960,1107.4; A. M. Bietti Sestieri, and E. Macnamara, The Prehistoric Metal Artefacts from Italy in the British Museum, Cat. 465. Size: 150-170mm x 40-60mm; Weight: 620g Provenance: From the private collection of an Essex gentleman; previously in an old British Collection, formed in the 1980s.