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LOT 1902
British Stone Age Knapped Langdale Tuff Axe Head
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
5 1/4 in. (724 grams, 13.4 cm).
Lentoid in section and D-shaped in profile with thick butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Richard Widdowson.
Richard owned an Antiquity shop in Southern England and amassed a great and varied Stone Age collection.
Purchased from Mr Widdowson in the 1980s and then more recently from a collector in the UK.
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LOT 1902
British Stone Age Knapped Langdale Tuff Axe Head
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Stone Age Mousterian Hand Axe
Palaeolithic Period, 300,000-40,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Cordate in plan with broad point, wide cutting edge, marked 'Kerouster (29-5)' 87.8 grams, 72 mm
Discovered in Le Bois du Rocher, Saint-Hélen, France, according to inscription. Accompanied by a French Ministry of Culture export licence no.CBC 257548, and EU licence no.2026DMF0025. -
British Stone Age Trapeze Arrowhead from Farnham
Mesolithic Period, circa 12,000-8,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Microlith with long straight cutting edge. 0.5 grams, 24.8 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. -
Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Lentoid in section with serration to the edges. 3.02 grams, 37 mm
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collection established from the earlier 1960s.
