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Slender triangular-section scraper with usage wear to long edges and rounded ends; old inked label 'La Croze du Tayac, Dordogne'. 20.1 grams, 11.1 cm



From La Croze du Tayac, France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collections of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.

Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 100 grams total, 15-46 mm



Ex UK gallery, early 2000s.

Cordate in plan with cortex to the butt, notched cutting edge; old label 'Fontmaure, 86 Vellechs'. 110 grams, 76 mm



From the well-regarded site of Fontmaure, Vaucluse department, France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collections of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). From a private collection.

Rounded blade and cortex-covered butt, old inked collection numbers 'SNC 9.60 W.G.S' and 3968/1/28', and a pencilled note '150.9' to the other side. 152 grams, 79 mm



Previously in several old Stone Age tool collections, having been annotated with three different accession numbers. Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.

Ovate axe with an old collection sticker on one side and an inked collector's note 'France. Rosehill Coll.'; repaired. 445 grams, 13.4 cm



From France (according to inscription). The Rosehill Collection of the Rt Hon David Carnegie (1865-1921), 10th Earl of Northesk (according to inscription), and likely sold at the sale of his collection at Christie's, London, 14-17 July 1924. Collection of Michel C. Vaes (1934-2024), Belgium, formed 1960s-90s. Accompanied by a copy of EU Licence no.2026 DMF 0436.

Comprising mostly bifacial and unifacial barbed and tanged flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 118 grams total, 19-46 mm



UK gallery, early 2000s.

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.

Well-preserved bone needle with tapering profile and rounded end. 1.77 grams, 88 mm



From Abris Val De Seine, France. From an auction with Art Remy Le Fur. Acquired on the European art market in the 2020s. Accompanied by a copy of a French export licence no.257541.

The Magdalenian is a technocomplex of the Late Upper Palaeolithic, named after the type site, Abri de la Madeleine, a rock shelter in the Vézère valley near Tursac in Dordogne, France.

Slender double-edged blade with pointed ends. 40 grams, 15.1 cm



Found Denmark. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.

Rectangular in section, with squared butt and slightly curved edge; polished on all four faces with superb orange patina. 560 grams, 14.7 cm



From the estate of artist Holger Karlsson, Trollhatte, Sweden. Acquired in Stockholm, Sweden. Accompanied by a copy of a Swedish National Heritage Board export permit.

Barbed and tanged type with square ends to the tang. 5.18 grams, 42 mm



From the collection of a late Buckinghamshire gentleman, formed from the 1960s.

With a thick butt and a narrow, tapering point. 497 grams, 13.7 cm



From Wadi Talia, Africa. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s by Dr J Fehkhaber. Acquired on the European art market.

Ovate blade in cream-coloured stone, narrow point, inked collector's note 'N.America S.A 37' and Hugh Fawcett collection monogram below. 25.4 grams, 79 mm



Ex Dr Hugh Alderson Fawcett (1891-1982), a general practitioner and antiquarian who built up an important collection of ancient implements, weapons and ornaments. From the collection of a West Sussex collector. Acquired from the UK art market in the 2020s.

Dr Hugh Alderson Fawcett (1891-1982) was a general practitioner and antiquarian who built up an important collection of ancient implements, weapons and ornaments. The bulk of his collection is now in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, but Fawcett previously sold or traded some examples. His distinctive monogram and careful recording of provenance make his pieces readily identifiable.