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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 Danish Flaked Flint Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 1500 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Narrow thick-butted with flared sides, rectangular in section with gently curved edge. 455 grams, 16.5 cm
From an old Danish collection. Acquired on the UK art market. 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. -
Stone Age Thick-Butted Polished Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 5500-2200 B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £225
Worked on all sides to a slightly asymmetrical profile with rectangular cross-section; irregular butt and rounded cutting edge, sides knapped but not polished; butt roughly retouched on surface and edges for attachment of the haft; edge chipped; light grey flint with darker and lighter hues and white spots and patches. 411 grams, 15.2 cm
Hervé Bouraly, Paris, between 1965-1974. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00134589. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age British Flint Scraper Group
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mainly lentoid-section edged tools, one with inked legend 'Middle Brow B/R' '123'. 334 grams total, 68-85 mm
Found South Downs, Sussex, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection nos.N123,191,207 and 208; 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.
