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Elegant Stone Age 'Salisbury' Slender Grey Knapped Flint Adze
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 3/4 in. (147 grams, 14.4 cm).
Biconvex in section, long and slender with narrow butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound whilst fieldwalking in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
Ex English private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.1, for type.
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LOT 0315
Elegant Stone Age 'Salisbury' Slender Grey Knapped Flint Adze
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
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Superb Stone Age 'Dordogne' Toffee-Brown Knapped Flint Ficron Bifacial Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 240,000- 38,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Cordiform with large residue of cortex at the butt. 314 grams, 12.9 cm
Found Dordogne, France. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector. -
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Stone Age Classic British Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Flint Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 200,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Triangular with broad rounded butt; with old inked inscription: 'Colchester Valley'. 671 grams, 18.5 cm
Found Colchester Valley, Essex, UK. From a very old English collection based on the cabinet patination. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
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Stone Age Polished Stone Handaxe
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
With gently curved cutting edge, shallow pointed butt. 426 grams, 17.8 cm
From a very old collection based on the cabinet patination. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
