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Large Stone Age French Polished Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Teardrop-shaped with narrow butt, rounded sides and deep curved edge; mottled surface. 443 grams, 18.1 cm
From an old Paris collection. Acquired on the European 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. -
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rounded ovate cleaver with one smoothed face. 323 grams, 94 mm
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. -
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Substantial ovate cleaver with rounded butt. 704 grams, 12.6 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. -
Large Stone Age Green Jasper Axe Head from Niger
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Scaphoid in section with parallel sides and broad rounded cutting edge to each end. 231 grams, 14.2 cm
Found Niger, North Africa. From an old Paris collection. Acquired on the European 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.
Very well preserved with a deep green patina from being exposed for a period of time to the sun and sand storms of North Africa. -
Stone Age Levallois French Flint Point Group
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Each triangular in plan with facets; one with findspot label 'Cuiry Sur Housse'. 68 grams total, 43-63 mm
Found at Romigny, France. Ex Paris collection. Acquired on the European 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.
The points were prepared by the Levallois technique whereby a striking platform is formed at one end of the core and the edges are trimmed by flaking to create a domed 'outline' which is then struck off complete. -
Stone Age Humid Phase Flint Tool Collection
Mesolithic-Neolithic Period, 12,000-4,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Flaked points, mainly triangular or lozengiform in plan. 121 grams total, 38-54 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. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Large Stone Age Polished Stone Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Lentoid in section with broad square butt and curved edge, finely polished. 594 grams, 18.5 cm
From an old Parisian collection. Acquired on the European 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. -
Stone Age English Flint Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 4th-3rd millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Barbed-and-tanged and lanceolate types, each with findspot. 3.22 grams total, 20-29 mm
Found Dorset/Hampshire, UK. Ex N. Thomas collection, 1970s-1980s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Including a sidescraper and a plano-convex slug knife, with inked legend 'N8-80'; '39', 'N12-105', '1972'; '40', 'N12-106', '1972'. 22.9 grams total, 24-58 mm
N105 & 106 acquired from Martin Green in 1972. N.80 acquired from M.Younge and found in the Feltwell area of Norfolk, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; 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. -
Stone Age Pecked and Polished Hammerstone
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Oblate in profile with inked legends 'N12', '444'. 273 grams, 68 mm
Found Fen Edge area, Feltwell, Norfolk, UK. Acquired from M. Younge, UK, 1973. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N12; 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. -
Large Stone Age Flint Axe Head from Spiennes
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Triangular in section with irregular butt, curved cutting edge; marked 'SP' on two faces for find spot 'Spiennes'. 486 grams, 16.7 cm
From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes, Belgium. From an old Parisian 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. -
Stone Age Bifacial Mousterian Tool Group
Middle Palaeolithic Period, 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Including a flaked point and two ovate types, inked legends '[.]ervousin C291', '55'; '40'; 'Biface moustérien / Terrasse de la garonne / Montauban 82', 'P33'. 180 grams total, 55-69 mm
Found Terrasse de la Garonne, Africa. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.NAI40,33 & 55; 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.