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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.

Lentoid in section with faceted blade an butt; chipped; old find spot labels 'Kumasi / May 1922' and '53 '22'. 48 grams, 52 mm

Found Kumasi, Ghana.
Acquired in Oxford, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N163; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Knapped flint blades and other items, some with old collector's labels or inked findspot legend. 167 grams total, 18-60 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.

Mixed group of grey flint scrapers and other tools; with inked find spot legend 'Touvent'. 151 grams total, 59-80 mm

Found Touvent, Northern France.
From an old French collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.

Two scaphoid and plano-convex in section, one barbed and tanged. 26 grams total, 43-90 mm

Old French collection.
Private collection, London.

Triangular in profile with ground hole below the apex; chipped. 256 grams, 10.2 cm

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N202; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Chert with broad butt and curved edge; chipped. 168 grams, 90 mm

Found South Downs, Sussex, UK.
Ex Buckinghamshire, UK, collection.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N185; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Each with inked findspot: 'Gravière Saint-Onger / Bergerac / JRV', 'Vallée de la Cou[..] / 14.3.68', 'Rabier / près Lac[.]queres' (and feint pencilled 'Rabier' below). 99 grams total, 7-11.7 cm

Found Graviere, Lanquais and De LaCoulc, France, in the 1960s.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).

Lot No. 1567
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Crescentic with domed upper face, drilled eyes and a wide nose. 276 grams, 12.1 cm

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Ellipsoid in plan and plano-convex in section with rounded cutting edge. 31.7 grams, 76 mm

Found North 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.

Knapped knife blade, triangular in section with cortex to butt. 86 grams, 95 mm

Found Fontmaure, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).

Ellipsoid in plan with irregular lateral spur. 610 grams, 15.5 cm

Found Northern Sahara.
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.

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