Cordate in plan, finely made with intricate retouching. 123 grams, 87 mm



Found Barraux, France. From the collection of a Belgian collector. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.

Attributed to Homo neanderthalensis.

Triangular in section with thick butt; unfinished. 456 grams, 15 cm



Found Craigllwyd axe factory site, Caernarvonshire, Wales. Acquired from Stephen Murray, in 1978. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N8; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Mainly leaf-shaped two-edged blades with rounded butt. 125 grams total, 63-88 mm



Found Tilemsi Valley, Mali, West Africa. From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market. By descent to the current owner in 1988. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.

Lentoid in section with rounded butt and broad edge; old collector's label 'New Caledonia / 6121 : 5'. 645 grams, 16 cm



Found New Caledonia, southwest Pacific Ocean. Acquired from an old Buckingham, UK, collection. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N190; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Ovate cleaver with large patch of cortex to one face. 1.17 kg, 19 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.

Knapped from high quality flint; with old inked collector's label 'Thetford / Women / Sep.1864'. 21 grams, 99 mm



Found Thetford, Norfolk, England, in 1864. From the collection of G.Asquith, a local Norfolk amateur archaeologist. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.

Remarkably, the blade is still very sharp and appears to have been made to be hafted and used as a knife.

Finely polished flint axehead with broad curved edge; chipped and broken, probably re-used as a draw-knife or spokeshave using the exposed curved edges; old inked legend 'Nr. Beachy H[ead] / polished + broken / flint celt / 10.6.64'. 143 grams, 79 mm



Found Beachy Head, South Downs, Sussex, UK. Acquired from Oxford, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N165; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Cordate in plan, each with some cortex to surface. 253 grams total, 8.9-10.4 cm



Found Fontmaure, France. Ex Victor Brox collection, UK, formed during the 1980s-1990s. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.

Tongue-shaped in profile with rounded butt and straight edge; some cortex remaining. 405 grams, 19.5 cm



Found South Downs, Sussex, UK. Acquired from Mr Edwards in November 2002. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N160; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Tapering columnar form with rounded butt, chipped edges to striking face. 766 grams, 14.3 cm



From an old British collection, Buckinghamshire, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA23; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Biconvex in profile with some abrasion, rounded cutting edge. 251 grams, 11 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.

Small triangular axehead with bifacial blade, narrow square butt. 79 grams, 66 mm



Found Pont-l'Abbé Finistère, Brittany, France. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N205; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.