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LOT 1549
British Stone Age Polished Green Stone Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4000-2300 B.P.
3 3/4 in. (172 grams, 97 mm).
A complete ground or polished stone axehead sub-ovate in plan, narrower at the butt end with a steep curve to the cutting edge, facetted ovate section with squared off sides. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Tottle Brook, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, UK.
From the private collection of John Fox, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK, antiquarian and archaeologist; his collection assembled in the 1950s-1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 5.24, for type.
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British Stone Age Polished Stone Axehead
Neolithic Period, 4000-2300 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
With rounded blade, butt sheared off. 103 grams, 80 mm
Found Tottle Brook, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, UK. From the private collection of John Fox, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK, antiquarian and archaeologist; his collection assembled in the 1950s-1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Ryedale Flint Arrowhead Group
Neolithic Period, 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising two knapped arrowheads, both with some retouching. 4.59 grams total, 25-38 mm
Found Huttons Ambro, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, UK, before 13 November 1999. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. Accompanied by two record sheets by Jim Halliday dated 8 February 2000. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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French Stone Age Mousterian Flint Racloir
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian circa 150,000- 60,000 B.PSold for (Inc. bp): £124
Very well formed example with neat retouch, some cortex, inked legend 'Plazac / Dord'. 59 grams, 97 mm
Found in the Dordogne, France. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Made by Neanderthals.
