The lunette-shaped spearhead is a masterful work of the British Bronze Age. Its elegant ogival outline, imposing size, and superb condition make it an outstanding addition to the few Bronze Age works in the collection. The spearhead was almost certainly found in the mid-nineteenth century as part of the Selbourne/Blackmoor hoard from Hampshire, since related spearheads from that site are in the British Museum and all, including the present example, come from the collections of George Roots (1807–1891) and, subsequently, General A. H. Pitt-Rivers (1827–1900).