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LOT 0287
Extremely Large Stone Age 'Melton Constable' Knapped Flint Axe Head
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4000 YEARS B.P.
8 5/8 in. (1.3 kg, 22 cm).
Biconvex in section with square butt and broad cutting edge, regular in shape. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound whilst fieldwalking in the Melton Constable area, Norfolk, UK, in the 1960s; thence by descent to the finder's daughter.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987,
item 4.192, for type.
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LOT 0287
Extremely Large Stone Age 'Melton Constable' Knapped Flint Axe Head
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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