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Comprising three flake blades: one triangular with old inked inscription 'Mont St. Aignant / Briqueterie'; one triangular in section, leaf-shaped with old inked inscription 'St. Pierre les Elbeu[.] / Colo. G. Séhet'; One an irregular ellipsoid, triangular in section with old inked inscription 'Env. Rouen / Bné'. 275 grams total, 9.8-13.3 cm

From the collection of François Bigot (1950-2009).
with Auction Art Rémy Le Fur & Associés, 28th September 2021, no.128.

With narrow rounded butt and broad edge; old collector's legend 'TROUSSENCOURT' to one face. 150 grams, 11.4 cm

Found Troussencourt, Northern France.
Ex old French collection.
Acquired prior to 2000.
From a private Norfolk, UK, collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.

Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.19, for type.

Handaxe with cortex to the broad rounded butt; old collector's label 'St. Acheul'. 176 grams, 98 mm

Found St Acheul, France.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023), formed in the 1980s-1990s.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.

St Acheul is the type-site from which the Acheulian Period is named.
Comprising a polished lentoid-section blade, a pecked teardrop blade, a knapped lentoid-section blade and a long single-edged scraper; two with labels: 'Ban Chiang Neolithic / Stone Age Thailand'. 314 grams total, 57-129 mm

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.

Comprising: triangular flint blade broken at butt with old inked inscription 'Arment./ZC.6'; irregular curved cleaver, triangular in section with old inked inscription 'Arment./ZC.7', cortex remaining to the reverse; triangular flint blade with straight butt and old inked inscriptions 'Verneuil / J4.137.5' and '73.4'; long flake blade with applied sticker 'D', old inked inscription 'Verneuil / J4.141.N' and 'D.'. 392 grams total, 8.3-12.4 cm

From the collection of François Bigot (1950-2009).
with Auction Art Rémy Le Fur & Associés, 28th September 2021.

'Arment.' in these inscriptions may refer to Armentières on the Franco-Belgian border.
Irregular rectangle in plan with squared ends, old inked legend 'WANEL' to one face. 166 grams, 94 mm

Found Wannel, France.
Ex old French collection.
Acquired prior to 2000.
From a private Norfolk, UK, collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.

One leaf-shaped and one irregular, each with inked legend 'Morocco-Algeria Border'. 673 grams total, 10.7-11.6 cm

Found Morocco-Algerian border, North Africa.
Ex UK collection.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.

Biconvex in profile with central sand drilled socket. 247 grams 8 cm.

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.

Cf. MacGregor, A., (ed.) Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 6.15, for type.

A lightly worked cobble fragment with broad cutting edge; produced by the first inhabitants of Southwest France. 1.2 kg, 13 cm

Found Fontsorbes, Haute Garonne, France.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023), formed in the 1980s-1990s.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.

Irregular ovate cleaver with broad cutting edge, chipped through usage; amber-coloured patination. 209 grams, 11.1 cm

From the collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), an amateur prehistorian and former member of the French Society of Prehistory and the Prehistoric Association of the South-West, as well as an Honorary Member of the Geological Club of Ile-de-France.
This collection of flints was assembled between the 1950s and 1990s and originates from Ile-de-France, Oise, and Val-d'Oise.

Cf. MacGregor, A., (ed.) Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item1.18, for type.

Cylindrical in profile with tapering conical ends; mounted on a base. 939 grams total, 25.1 cm including stand

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.

Cleaver with broad butt and rounded cutting edge chipped through usage, remains of cortex to lateral edge. 278 grams, 11.9 cm

From the collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), an amateur prehistorian and former member of the French Society of Prehistory and the Prehistoric Association of the South-West, as well as an Honorary Member of the Geological Club of Ile-de-France.
This collection of flints was assembled between the 1950s and 1990s and originates from Ile-de-France, Oise, and Val-d'Oise.

Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.11, for type.

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