Lozengiform in section with chipped butt, dressed cutting edge; old collection number '113 MH' and 'S.Hants' to reverse. 135 grams, 85 mm



Found South Hampshire, UK, in 1974. Acquired from Martin Greens, UK, in 1972. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.M1; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Lanceolate form with sharp edges, broad butt; marked with findspot and date. 176 grams, 11.7 cm



Found at Luzboro Hill, Romsey, England, UK, on the 7 February 1936. From a former private UK collector. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Ovate in form with cortex to the rounded butt; bifacial type. 402 grams, 12.4 cm



Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), amateur prehistorian, former member of the French Society of Prehistory and the Prehistoric Association of the South-West, Honorary Member of the Geological Club of Ile-de-France. Collection of flints formed between the 1950s and 1990s and coming from Ile-de-France, Oise and Val-d'Oise. Accompanied by a copy of a French cultural passport. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Triangular in section with narrow point to each end, grey-white silicious material with some traces of cortex; two inked findspot legend 'SP / I' for 'Spiennes'. 205 grams, 18 cm



From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes, Belgium. From an old Paris collection. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Lentoid in section with broad cutting edge. 480 grams, 12.8 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. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Group of irregular worked stone blades with much cortex. 689 grams total, 7.6-10 cm



Found Fontmaure, France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Scaphoid in section with irregular rounded butt and curved edge, polished; old find spot label 'Fontigny Lalbie'. 318 grams, 16.2 cm



Found east of Paris, France. From an old Parisian collection. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 113 grams total, 23-41 mm



UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis.

Plano-convex in section and triangular in plan with short tang and barbs; old inked find spot 'Botley/Hants'. 2.97 grams, 42 mm



Found Botley, Hampshire, UK. Ex old UK collection. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

With catalogue description '1075 Handaxe point on flake'; inked collector's legend '6.MP. 1075.C/Twydall'. 69 grams, 75 mm



Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Handaxe lentoid in section with broad edge; blade tongue-shaped with inked findspot 'Morocco-Algeria Border'. 462 grams total, 9.3-11.2 cm



Found Morocco / Algeria border, North Africa. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Comprising bird and quadruped figures carved in the round with rounded profile; each mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.59 kg total, 9.3-11.7 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. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12338-224208. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Most scholars consider these as symbols of the fertility cult and as evidence of early agricultural organisation of the earliest human society. The Stone Age people may have considered figures such as these to represent animals with their life-giving powers.