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LOT 1704
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Axe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
4 1/4 in. (195 grams, 10.7 cm).
Piriform body in orangey flint, an old handwritten collector's label to one side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Test Road, Huzbourough Copse, Hampshire, UK, June 1965.
From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
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LOT 1704
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Axe
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £5
Piriform in plan with a rounded butt, possibly natural, two old inked collection notes 'SNC S.82 WGS' and 4087/1/28', and a pencilled note '74.7' to the other side. 74.9 grams, 72 mm
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Stone Age Clactonian Flint Scraper
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular in plan with a rounded butt, two inked collection numbers '1840 SNC 3.82' and 'WGS 4000/1/28'. 63.7 grams, 63 mm
Previously in several old Stone Age tool collections, having been annotated with two different accession numbers. Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
