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LOT 2804
Dawley British Stone Age Knapped Ficron Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-2500,000 B.P.
3 5/8 in. (180 grams, 93 mm).
Leaf-shaped in plan with broad rounded butt; an old label reading 'Clayton's, Dawley', inked legend 'Dawley E79'; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound at Clayton’s Pit, Dawley, Middlesex, UK.
From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman.
Clayton’s Pit sat on the Lynch Hill Terrace and was used for commercial brick earth and gravel digging in the 19th and 20th centuries. Many of the stone tools recovered are held in the British Museum and the Museum of London.
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LOT 2804
Dawley British Stone Age Knapped Ficron Handaxe
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Leaf-shaped in plan and triangular in section, with one face smooth, knapped to fit a hand grip. 160 grams, 14.7 cm
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Mesolithic-Neolithic Period, circa 12,000-6,000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Opening Bid: £5
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