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LOT 1688
British Stone Age Part Polished Knapped Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
4 1/4 in. (92.9 grams, 10.8 cm).
Tongue-shaped in plan with a broad, curved cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in Suffolk in the 1980s by a field walker.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 2020s.
From a private collection.
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LOT 1688
British Stone Age Part Polished Knapped Axehead
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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North American Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead Group
Archaic Woodland Period, circa 2500-1900 B.P. or laterEstimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two tanged arrowheads and two barbed. 28.5 grams total, 41-55 mm
From a previous old English collection. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector; acquired from a UK auction house. -
Massive Stone Age 'Livre de Beurre' from Le Grand Pressigny
Neolithic Period, 5500-2400 B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A substantial flint core or so-called 'Livre de Beurre' with vertical traces of blows on the work side, remains of cortex on one side, slightly rounded blade. 4.8 kg, 29 cm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Neolithic Wood Shaving Blade with Antler Handle
3rd-2nd millennium B.P.Estimate: £250 - 350 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £133
Finely knapped and polished tongue-shaped blade embedded in a more recent antler handle with chisel finial. 134 grams, 23.1 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
