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Pair of heavy duty vintage loppers, vintage long handled coopers adze, and large vintage crosscut saw measuring approx 160cm long.

Foxman: A.D.Craven (Langthorpe, Boroughbridge): An English Oak 5ft Refectory Dining Table, 1972, the adze three plank top, on a pegged trestle base, with carved seated fox trademark,152cm by 87.5cm, 73cm high

A Fante Asafo flag, Ghana, third-quarter 20th century, cotton with sewn applique, depicting one armed figure holding out a cooking pot to another, on a pink ground with panel inscribed MA ODZE NAA OZE NA ODZI NA YE MA OKOM ADZE NO BIA and another numbered No1, red, white and purple border and Ghanaian flag to the top corner, approx. 97 x 172cm  

A Maori hand adze blade, 19th century, of slightly curved form, 12 x 4cmShipping Disclaimer: Buyers must be aware of their country’s shipping and import policies regarding guns, knives, swords, and other offensive weapons prior to purchase. They are required to ensure that the lot can be delivered by a specialist shipper, whether in the UK, Europe or internationally. No compensation will be given to buyers who fail to organise shipping arrangements for goods and weapons due to the prohibitions, restrictions or import regulations of their country. Condition ReportWith some scratches and marks throughout. The edge worn and smoothened.

A Maori adze blade toki pounamuNew Zealandnephrite, 7cm long, on a stand. (2)

A Maori adze bladeNew Zealandgreywacke, with a polished flat top and a curved bevel, 18cm long, on a stand. (2)

A Papua New Guinea adze bladeMelanesiagreenstone, 26.5cm long.ProvenanceHarry Beran, Cambridge (1935 - 2021)

An Irian Jaya adze bladeIndonesiagreen/blue stone with metalic flecks,32.2cm long, and a Papua New Guinea basalt adze blade, 24cm long. (2)ProvenanceDavid Usborne Collection, London.

Three stone adze blades5.5cm, 7.8cm and 10.4cm long,and a stone 'cave' fragment, painted an animal, 23.5cm wide. (4)ProvenanceTom Phillips Collection, London.

Bronze Japanese sculpture depicting an elderly resting farmer, head bowed, smoking a pipe resting on his adze. Unsigned. Height 31cm.

2nd-1st millennium B.C.. With central shaft hole and blade set at right angle. Cf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, item 34, p.32. 1.22 kg, 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.). The adze-axe was a fundamental axe of many Bronze Age cultures of the world. Its form was one that lends itself to dual purposes - for war and peace. As a tool, it was used to shape wood in fabricating a variety of objects or even wooden beams for construction. As a weapon, its heavy mass and compact form make it a very deadly striking and chopping weapon, even able to defeat light armour.From a 1990s German collection. Ex London, UK, gallery.

10th-18th century A.D.. Mainly comprising socketted axeheads and adzes, adze-axes, wedges and other items. Cf. Hjardar, K. & Vike, V., Vikings at war, Oxford-Philadelphia, 2016, p.163, for the typology of eastern axes similar to the Viking bearded specimen in our group. 8.45 kg total, 12-30 cm (4 3/4 - 11 3/4 in.). Slavic battle-axes also came into use in Scandinavia, especially in the Eastern part of Gotland, Denmark and Sweden. There were narrow-bladed types, described as being very light. Another characteristic of some of the Eastern axes was an extra long hammer or more rarely a secondary blade protruding from the back of axehead.Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. [10, No Reserve]

Late Period, Ca. 688-332 BCA set of three finely modelled blue-glazed faience ushabti figures in mummiform pose. Each is depicted wearing a lappet wig and false beard, with detailed facial figures modelled on the front. The figures have two incised hands emerging from their chest, holding an adze and hoe. The lower body has been inscribed with hieroglyphs.Size: 55-65mm x 13-20mm; Weight: 25gProvenance: From a private London collection; Ex. B. Kickx and J. Peeters collections, pre 1978, Belgium.

SIR FRANK BRANGWYN RA HRSA RSW RWS PRBA RE HRMS ROI (Welsh 1867-1956) The Brangwyn Portfolio of lithographs, 1927, published by E F d'Alignan and Paul Turpin, to include 'Two Wounded Soldiers', 'Two Men Leaning on Their Adze', 'Blind Beggar', 'Two Indians Leaning on Poles', 'Sketch of St. John', etc., various sizes mounted on card (contained in an original portfolio), smallest 28 x 28cms to largest 45 x 28cms (38)Provenance: private collection SwanseaComments: folio case with tears to spine, and upper left margin to cover, one with auction label, one with scuffs to upper margin, incomplete, inspection advised, all prints photographed

An adze

Two large Luristan bronze axeheads and a Luristan bronze axe adze Circa 10th-8th Century B.C.23cm, 20cm and 19.5cm long (3)Footnotes:Provenance:Kuizenga collection, the Netherlands, formed from 1970s onwards.Acquired in Amsterdam in 1976; in Breda 1980; and in Austria 30th September 1988.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A COPPER ALLOY SPEARHEAD, POSSIBLY LURISTAN CIRCA 1300-900 B.C., ANOTHER, LATER, AND THREE AXE HEADS, IN LURISTAN BRONZE AGE STYLE, 20TH CENTURY the first with tapering blade of hollowed diamond-section (the edges with small chips), and short rounded tang with spatulate terminal; the second with two long central ribs (cracked through and repaired) and short tang; the third and fourth cast with zoomorphic formed in relief and with multi-spiked rear peans and the fourth incorporating an adze at the rea and short socket cast with whirls, the first: 38.0 cm overall (5)

A shipwrights adze

DRC - Adze with wooden handle carved with a head, worked iron blade. - Weight: 270 g - Shipping unavailable - Region: Afrique RDC - Sizes: H 450MM X L 230MM - At first glance: normal wear / patina of use

A hand carved Papua New Guinea wooden Bird of Paradise wall plaque along with a small tribal Adze Axe with a stone axe head on a rattan V shaped mount with a wooden branch handle. Plaque measures approx 37cm.

Romano-British, 2nd century AD, a bronze wine strainer, 28.7cm in length including handle, the bowl 11.3cm in diameter, sheet-bronze of fine workmanship 4.5cms deep with perforations arranged in rows vertically from the centre in a rosette pattern. Towards the rim the piercings are horizontally arranged. The handle is solid and rectangular in section. A smooth turquoise patina covers most of the strainer, professionally restored with a metal sheet shaped to fill the missing areas around the bowl which is reversible £100-£150 --- Provenance: Found in August 2000 at a detecting rally in Wendover (Buckinghamshire) close to a Roman cremation burial of glass fragments, three Samian dishes and an iron adze dating to the 2nd century AD, recorded as monument record 0637400000. Loaned by the finder to the Buckinghamshire County Museum and published in Treasure Hunting magazine September 2002, pp66-69. This strainer would have been used to filter sediment from wine

A Scottish sycamore snuff box, with wooden hinge, outward curved top and base with adze mark texture, foil interior 100%, 8.7 x 5.7 x 2.6cms. 

A collection of African hunting and tribal items collected by Mr A. N. Joseph, Assistant Inspector of the Northern Rhodesia Police 1955-64, comprising an axe which belonged to a senior Bemba tribal chief, recovered from a thief who had been arrested and was gifted by the chief, two spears, confiscated from attackers to the police whilst working in Nakondie, an African bow, four arrows and quiver, confiscated by Detective Sgt Walimekulu from a village in Mambwe tribal district, these arrows were used to threaten police officers and were originally coated in bulemba tree root poison, inspector Joseph had them cleaned and kept them as a keepsake, an African adze, various African tourist items to include paintings, wooden items, books, etc.Condition Report: The arrow heads have been cleaned and pose no threat, we have also and we have sprayed with cleaner

A group of African tools and knives, including a carving adze, a leather sheathed knife, Congo knife, etc (4)

Palaeolithic-Neolithic Period, circa 200,000-3rd millennium B.C. Group of three hand-axes; one with black inked inscription: 'ADZE / LAKENHEATH / 1974'. 596 grams total, 8.9-10.3 cm (3 1/2 - 4 in.). Found Lakenheath, UK. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. [3, No Reserve]

A black green glass linen smoother or sleek-stone, early 18th century, of mushroom form, with ribbed handle, large chips to handle, 13.5cm wide 15.5cm high together with a Black Stone adze or toki, probably Māori, of axe head form, 7cm wide 10.5cm long (2)Provenance: The Collection of the late Rosemary and Theo Cutting. Condition ReportLinen smoother) with large chips to the handle. Surface scratches, particularly to the bottom commensurate with age and use. Adze) with chips nibbles and scratches, commensurate with use.

A New Guinea Tribal adze with rattan-bound greenstone blade

Foxman Don Craven (Boroughbridge), an oak circular dining table with adze top, diameter 48ins, height 28.5ins

THOMAS ONA ODULATE (1900-1952), Nigeria early 20th century, two Yoruba Nigerian satirical wood sculptures with applied pigments; one of a soldier standing to attention with satchel across his back and hat at lopsided angle (now lacking gun), 26cm high (excluding plinth); and another of a priest standing in contemplative pose with outstretched arms and hands (possibly lacking a book), 22cm high (2)Thomas Ona Odulate was a noted Yoruba wood carver who worked at Ijebu Ode, and later in Lagos. He carved the colonials (administrators, soldiers, lawyers, married couples etc.) and the Yoruba. His work had a 'tongue in cheek' edge and were almost all sold to the British and tourists.His figures are in traditional 'Yarouba style' with large heads in proportion to the body, and executed with the carving tools of the adze and knife. However he deviated from usual religious subject matter to the secular, and used more than one piece of wood for his sculptures with the creation of carvings of hats, guns, and books etc.

A pair of pine bedside drawers, with three drawers to plinth base, 167 x 38.5 x 33cm, a Chinese-style stool, height 47cm, an adze carved stick stool, height 32cm, a teak octagonal-topped box with brass fittings, and a small chest with iron carrying handles, 26 x 55 x 32cm (5).Condition Report: From the estate of actor Dean Sullivan, most known for playing Jimmy Corkhill in the TV series Brookside.

Ca. 1200 - 900 BC.A cast bronze double axe head, characterized by a short cylindrical shaft hole with a collared rim, a flattened top, a vertical crescent-shaped blade with sides that broaden out towards the cutting edge, and a smaller horizontal adze blade to the back. This type of axe head was commonly used as a weapon and a tool for various tasks such as chopping wood, clearing land, and even in hunting and warfare. For similar see: Christie's, Live Auction 9482, The Art of Warfare, The Axel Guttmann collection of ancient arms and armour, part II, Lot. 34. Size: 225mm x 65mm; Weight: 970g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.

Ca. 1200 - 900 BC.A cast bronze double axe head, characterized by a short cylindrical shaft hole with a collared rim, a flattened top, a vertical crescent-shaped blade with sides that broaden out towards the cutting edge, and a smaller horizontal adze blade to the back. This type of axe head was commonly used as a weapon and a tool for various tasks such as chopping wood, clearing land, and even in hunting and warfare. For similar see: Christie's, Live Auction 9482, The Art of Warfare, The Axel Guttmann collection of ancient arms and armour, part II, Lot. 34. Size: 205mm x 80mm; Weight: 1.15kg Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.

A collection of approximately twenty mainly 19th and early 20th century wrought iron adze heads and other implements. Provenance: from the estate of the late Raymond Briggs, the world renowned author and illustrator of The Snowman, Father Christmas and Fungus The Bogeyman.

Tool box, adze, lamp etc

Three African handmade tools, a carving adze, a steel tool in leather sheath and a Congo Knife, longest 33cm

Prestige adze/axe - Luba Shankadi - Rep.Dem.Congo - Weight: 220 g - Shipping unavailable - Region: Afrique - Sizes: H 400MM X L 210MM - At first glance: good condition

A NEOLITHIC GREEN JASPER FLAKED ADZE FROM THE AIR MOUNTAINS, NIGER, 12cm x 5cm

A Papua New Guinea small tribal art adze axe. The axehead of stone, in rattan V shaped mount with a wooden branch handle. Measures approx. 18cm long. 

An unusual collection of fine quality handmade miniature hand tools - believed to have been made between 1950 and 1970, sixty-two in total, each finely crafted in turned beech wood and hand wrought and polished steel, including tools such as sickles, saws, chisels, moulding chisels, an adze, billhooks, shears, a scythe, an axe, hammers etc., together with a wooden rake and a miniature beech wood and steel tool box, contained in a mahogany box (42 x 25.5 x 17 cm). (Twenty with turned wooden handles and measuring between 8.5 and 11.5 cm, the seven largest pieces measuring between 20 and 29 cm)

An Aborigine spear thrower woomeraAustraliawith remains of gum and fibre binding,80cm long,an Aborigine boomerang, 52.5cm wide, and a Democratic Republic of the Congo adze, 45cm long. (3)ProvenanceThe van Raalte Collection, UK.

A Mangaia Island adzeCook Islands, Polynesiawith a basalt blade, bound with sennit and sharkskin, the shaft with a bent neck and bilateral round projections to the heel and with a flared terminal, pierced for attachment,66cm long.ProvenanceDreweatt Watson & Barton, Auctioneers, Newbury, UK, 13 June 1979.The van Raalte Collection, UK.cf. Steven Phelps, Art and Artefacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas, The James Hooper Collection, 1976, p. 135, plate 71.

A Polynesian basalt adze blade18th / 19th century, 16cm long.

Western Asia, Ca. 2nd millennium BC.A group of four bronze axe heads with an adze blade. Each tool features a central, collared socket, which would have allowed for attachment to a wooden handle. The curved blade on one end is vertically oriented, with flaring tips, while on the other end, the adze blade adds further functionality to the implement. Size: 140-160mm x 40-55mm; Weight: 2.26kg Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets.

Ca. 1st Millenium BC.A small single-edge flint adze blade finely knapped and fashioned with a lovely grey-tan colouring. This blade was likely mounted onto a handle and served as an axe, Size: 70mm x 175mm; Weight: 720g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.

Ca. 1200-700 BC.A bronze axe head with an adze blade of an elegant design and practical form. The tool features a central, collared socket, which would have allowed for attachment to a wooden handle. The curved blade on one end is vertically oriented, with flaring tips, while on the other end, the adze blade adds further functionality to the implement. The adze blade was a common feature of many ancient tools, and it typically consisted of a rectangular or triangular-shaped blade attached perpendicular to the handle. Its unique design allowed for efficient woodworking, particularly in shaping and smoothing wood surfaces. Size: 240mm x 50mm; Weight: 1.22kg Provenance: Private collection of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.

Ca. 6000-3500 BC.A large single-edge flint adze blade, finely knapped and fashioned with a lovely grey-tan colouring. The term "celt" refers to an ungrooved, tapered, ground stone axe with a centered edge at one end. This rare and unusually large blade was likely mounted onto a handle and served as an axe. Size: 245mm x 80mm; Weight: 1.70kg Provenance: Private Southwestern collection, acquired on the US art market; formerly in NYC collection; ex. F. A., NYC.

Late Period, Ca. 688-332 BC.A set of three finely modelled blue-glazed faience ushabti figures in mummiform pose. Each is depicted wearing a lappet wig and false beard, with detailed facial figures modelled on the front. The figures have two incised hands emerging from their chest, holding an adze and hoe. The lower body has been inscribed with hieroglyphs. Size: 70-75mm x 15-15mm; Weight: 25g Provenance: From a private London collection; Ex. B. Kickx and J. Peeters collections, pre 1978, Belgium.

Ceremonial greenstone maori adze on stand with plaque bearing inscription ''Presented to Mr G.K Smith Chairman I.R.B to commemorate Scotland's Tour to New Zealand 1990''.

Robert Mouseman Thompson, oak tea tray, circa 1950s, with mouse handles and adze finish, length 48cmGood original condition with good rich colour

A large Central European copper adze-axe Copper Age, circa 4th Millennium B.C.25.5cm long Footnotes:Provenance:Kuizenga collection, the Netherlands, acquired in Vinkenveen 29th January 1977.For similar, see A. MacGregor, Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, p. 92, no. 7.3; McAlpine notes that this is an unusual form, being achieved by casting alone, with no subsequent hammering.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Yoruba Wood Door Panel, Nigeria, of double panelled rectangular form, the upper panel carved with a native policeman wearing a kepi type hat and holding a percussion musket as he guards two seated monkeys and a man with an adze, the lower panel with two woman pounding grain, 68cm by 29cm

3rd millennium B.C. Flint tranchet adze or 'Thames pick', biconvex in section with square ends. 93 grams, 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.).Found UK. English private collection. Acquired by inheritance in 2021. [No Reserve]

13th-7th century B.C. With central socket and shaft; cutting blade set vertically at a right-angle; the short pick-adze blade arranged horizontally. Cf. Christie's, The Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, part 2, London, 2004, items 21, 34. 1.43 kg, 26 cm (10 1/4 in.).Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.The earliest axes-adzes from the 3rd millennium B.C. were weapons and tools furnished with socket holes. Usually the socket is a more secure way of attaching the object to a wooden haft than having a tang. These weapons developed into a plethora of different forms in the 2nd millennium B.C., and the numerous new forms and were used until at least 800 B.C.

Large axe, an adze and one other

ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18th century. Portrait of a wood-worker, full-length, wearing grey hat & holding an adze to his left, Oil on canvas: 76cm x 63cm (re-lined, in modern painted frame: 89cm x 76cm overall.

A CENTRAL EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE SHAFT-HOLE AXE ADZE CIRCA 1200-800 B.C Later inset short oak shaft axe 37cm long, 20.5cm high excluding shaft Condition Report: Green cuprite surface throughout, margin loss notably to blades, seam repair at shaft junction Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report. All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items. We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of description All lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ca. 1200-700 BC.A bronze axe head with an adze blade, with a collared socket for a wooden handle. The adze blade, a common feature in ancient tools, is typically comprised of a rectangular or triangular blade attached perpendicular to the handle. Size: L:70mm / W:240mm ; 965g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.

A Maori nephrite adze head, L10.5cm

A FINELY WORKED NEOLITHIC AXE OR ADZE,8.5cm x 4cmFrom the banks of the Solo River, Island of Java, Indonesia

Probably 19thc, with a greenstone adze blade bound with flax, the top carved with a head and the top and curved shaft heavily carved with repeating motifs. Some damages, 39cms high. *CR The greenstone has some chips to the front edges, sides and underside, the top has a crack to the wood and small chips and the remains of some resin and is chipped at the end where the greenstone sits, the top of the handle joining the top has been broken and repaired at some point, shaft in reasonable condition with one surface crack and some wear over time.