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LOT 1951
British Stone Age Knapped Flint 'Ficron' Handaxe from the Thames Valley
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 550,000-300,000 B.P.
4 in. (250 grams, 10.2 cm).
Ficron form with a deep autumnal glossy patina; with old collector's note '2 Hand Axes Lower Paleolithic Thames Valley. ?100,000 years old approx. H.H. 3-4-60 British Museum'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Thames Valley, UK, on 3rd of April 1960.
Accompanied by an original, old handwritten note.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From a private collection in the 2020s.
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LOT 1951
British Stone Age Knapped Flint 'Ficron' Handaxe from the Thames Valley
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes.
