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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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Made on a long flint blade with intricate re-touch around 95 percent of the piece. 18.9 grams, 67.4 mm
Found in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house. -
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Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Plano-convex in section with inked inscription to underside. 23.3 grams, 43 mm
Found in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house. -
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