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LOT 1139
Danish Neolithic Flint Axehead
4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/4 in. (440 grams, 15.9 cm).
Thin-butted and wedge-shaped.
ProvenanceAcquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private Swiss collection since 1998.
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LOT 1139
Danish Neolithic Flint Axehead
Estimate £200 - 400€230 - 460 (for guidance only)$270 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Stone Age Flint Knife and Other Blade Group
Neolithic Period, circa 8th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface flint and chert edged implements; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 192 grams total, 33-67 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Stone Age Twydall Flint Hand Scraper
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Thick triangular-section scraper with slightly convex butt; with inked legend '2.SS.1165.C./Twydall'. 88 grams, 63 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall. -
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Stone Age Pointed Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Large sub-triangular form, inked inscription 'MOROCCO - ALGERIAN / BORDER', heavily patinated. 712 grams, 14 cm
Found Morocco or Algeria, North Africa. Ex UK collection. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
