Each lentoid in section with rounded butt and broad curved edge. 466 grams total, 65-79 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.

Lentoid in section, tapering from a rounded butt to a broad curved edge. 381 grams, 13.3 cm



From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA201; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

With tapering butt and curved cutting edge, plano-convex in section. 144 grams, 13.7 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.

Biconvex in profile and almost perfectly circular in plan. 135 grams, 11.1 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.

Finely crafted and polished with broad bevelled cutting edge. 379 grams, 11.3 cm



Acquired from a private Buckingham, UK, collection. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N183; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Plano-convex in section and roughly discoid in plan with some cortex remaining. 569 grams, 13.7 cm



Found Colombiers, Occitanie region, France. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P65; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Tongue-shaped in plan, lentoid in section with square butt. 184 grams, 15.5 cm



Private French collection formed 1960s-1970s. Private collection, London.

Thin knife-scraper from Lascaux, France; with inked type and find spot 'éclat Levallois' and ''plateau de / Lascaux Le fourdon / 1966'. 105 grams, 10.5 cm



Found Lascaux, France, in 1966. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).

Ovoid in section with rounded butt and curved cutting edge. 1.1 kg, 22.5 cm



Old French collection. Private collection, London.

With rounded butt and cutting edge. 236 grams, 89 mm



Found Egypt. 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.

Biconvex in profile with rippling to both faces. 256 grams, 13.5 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.

Rectangular in section with thick butt, bevelled cutting edge; old collector's reference 'N1' to butt. 283 grams, 12 cm



Possibly Scottish. Acquired from Stephen Murray, Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland, in 1979. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N1; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. Accompanied by copies of two old photographs, and two letters from the Royal Scottish Museum, and one from the British Museum regarding this axehead, all dated 1978/9.