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LOT 1736
British Worked Mixed Stone Tool Group
PALAEOLITHIC-BRONZE AGE PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000-3RD MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 1/8 - 3 3/4 in. (764 grams total, 29-94 mm).
Scrapers and other blades, some with findspot information. [22, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on various sites in North East Essex, UK, since 1983.
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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Stone Age British Knapped Flint Tranchet Axe
Mesolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Plano-convex in section with irregular pointed edge; cortex to butt and sides' inked legend 'Southeast England'. 175 grams, 10.7 cm
Found Southeast England. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Including a sidescraper and a plano-convex slug knife, with inked legend 'N8-80'; '39', 'N12-105', '1972'; '40', 'N12-106', '1972'. 22.9 grams total, 24-58 mm
N105 & 106 acquired from Martin Green in 1972. N.80 acquired from M.Younge and found in the Feltwell area of Norfolk, UK. 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. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rounded ovate cleaver with one smoothed face. 323 grams, 94 mm
Found Northern Sahara. From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market. By descent to the current owner in 1988. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
