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LOT 1550
British Stone Age Flint Chopper and Axe from the Isle of Wight
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 14000-8000 B.C.
3 5/8 - 4 in. (347 grams total, 92-99 mm).
Each with much cortex remaining and pencilled 'IOW' notation. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK.
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.
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LOT 1550
British Stone Age Flint Chopper and Axe from the Isle of Wight
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Stone Age Acheulian Twydall Flint Flake Point Scraper
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Plano-convex in section with inked legend '2 ss.1182.A. Twydall'. 71 grams, 63 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. 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. -
European Pierced Stone Age Axehead
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Substantial axehead with hammer face to rear; large central perforation. 420 grams, 11.5 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
French Stone Age Neanderthal Levallois Point
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Triangular point with cortex; in old collector's sleeve with inked notation 'Mousterion . pink / a 8 kms north of Bergerac (Dordogne) around campsegret / [.] - 100,000 years old'. 82 grams, 86 mm
Found 8km North of Bergerac, near Campsegret, Dordogne France. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant book pages where this handaxe is published. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
