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LOT 1663
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Acheulean Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
4 3/4 in. (440 grams, 12.2 cm).
Piriform in plan, knapped in dark red quartzite with narrow point. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Northern Sahara, North Africa.
From a collection formed during the 1970s and 1980s, having been acquired on the British art market; thence by descent to the current owner in 1998.
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LOT 1663
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Acheulean Handaxe
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
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Norfolk Stone Age Polished Cherty Sandstone Tool
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Hammerstone with rounded ends; old typed label 'ENQ:III5, Cherty sand-stone. 1950', 'Trottsford 19/3/50' and others mainly effaced. 310 grams, 11.4 cm
Found Trottsford, Norfolk, UK, on 19th March 1950. From the collection of Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham; who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.
Farnham district is one of the most interesting prehistoric regions in England, and has been visited by a succession of prehistoric peoples from Palaeolithic times onwards. Along the southern slope of the Farnham valley are three gravel terraces, which are famous prehistorically and have yielded large quantities of flint implements and bones of prehistoric animals, notably the mammoth. In prehistoric times, the chalk deposits played an important role in attracting settlers, as they contained rich layers of flint nodules used to make implements. The Farnham Gravels have been an abundant source of Palaeolithic finds, most prominent being hand axes. The axes differ in type, and each type is associated with a cultural phase of the Palaeolithic period. Types similar to these are found in similar deposits in the Somme valley and in many English valley gravels. Neolithic people are known to have engaged in flint mining. Polished axes and leaf forms, arrowheads and knives, or possibly lance heads, are characteristic of Neolithic flint work. -
Stone Age Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. -
Framed North American Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead and Tool Collection
Woodland Period, circa 2,500 B.P. and laterEstimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Mixed group of various types, including barbed, tanged, a curved dagger, and others; set in a glazed box frame. 2.09 kg total, 44.7 x 44.7 cm includimg frame
From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
