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LOT 1915
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe from the Thames Valley
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 550,000-300,000 B.P.
3 3/8 in. (94 grams, 87 mm).
Thin cordate form with a deep autumnal glossy patina; with an old collector's note 'Achulean Handaxes of the Lower Palaeolithic Period. Age 250,000-100,000 BC. Flint: occurs in chalk 80,000,000.' [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 1915
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe from the Thames Valley
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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Stone Age Knapped Flint Tools from Grand Pressigny
Neolithic Period, circa 4650-4450 В.Р.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Including: a 20cm crested blade, removed from a "livre de beurre" core and possibly utilised as a tool in itself; two smaller tools with signs of retouch. 840 grams total, 9-20.3 cm
Found at the famous site of Grand Pressigny, France. From the collection of Maurice Chevais (1880-1943) and subsequently purchased on the French art market. Mr Chevais field-walked extensively at GP, and collected a huge variety of tools and debitage over a twenty-five-year period between 1910-1935. -
French Stone Age Axe and Other Knapped Flint Tool Display
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Group of worked flint tools on a display board; most with inked date and findspot (e.g. B.10/2 La Raperie 19.8.76). 2.2 kg total including board, 49.44-139.09 mm
From various locations in France. Purchased on the European art market. Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper from Tilford
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Ovate in plan with inked findspot 'Tilford' to underside. 43.3 grams, 50.4 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.
