Fully polished; with old collector's label 'Collection Boisgonlier' and inked accession number to reverse '[..]1014[..]'. 118 grams, 83 mm



Found France. From the Boisgontier collection, Germany. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.

Substantial flint handaxe with a cleaver tip; crystallised mineral deposits still heavily present on the back of the handaxe from the deposit environment; with inked find spot, type and dating legend 'St. Meme / Charente / B. Hachereau / Achuleen Moyen'. 533 grams, 14.5 cm



From the well regarded long closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France. From an old large French collection. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.

Polychrome jasper core; with inked find spot legend ' Fontmaure / 12-1967 / Disque / Moustérien'. 228 grams, 89 mm



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

With mottled cream and pale blue coloration, silky patina; with inked find spot legend '4 / 22/11/70 / Ste. Gemme / 129'. 100 grams, 78 mm



Found Ste Gemme, France, on 1 November 1976. From the collection of the amateur archaeologist M. Allais, formed in the mid-1900s. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.

Attributed to Homo neanderthalensis.

Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface scaphoid flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 51 grams total, 26-49 mm



UK gallery, early 2000s.

Triangular pick or handaxe from the Garrone Terraces, France. 450 grams, 14.6 cm



Found Garrone Terraces, Montauban, Toulouse, France. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P37; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

With broad butt and flat edge, deeply scooped profile to the socket rims; blade and butt chipped. 518 grams, 10.9 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.

Lozengiform in section with broad cutting edge, flat rounded butt. 288 grams, 15.5 cm



Found Norfolk, UK, in 1996. 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.

Cordate in plan with cortex to upper face. 69 grams, 67 mm



Found in Southampton, 1997. Private collection, London.

With curved cutting edge and thick butt. 277 grams, 95 mm



Found Châtellerault, Vienne, Tour, France. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P46; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

With hammer-face to the butt, thick edge, scooped rims to the socket. 1.16 kg, 15.2 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.

Slender two-edged scraper blade. 178 grams, 18.1 cm



From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection formed mostly before 2000. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.