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LOT 1640
French Homo Heidelbergensis Knapped Flint Chopper
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-350,000 B.P.
5 in. (575 grams, 12.8 cm).
With rounded butt and broad edge, much cortex to the body; made by Homo heidelbergensis from a cobble to form an effective chopping edge; old inked legend 'La Vienne Indre et Loire EU3A0020'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom La Vienne, Indre et Loire, France.
From the collection of J Sherman.
Acquired on the art market.
From a private collection.
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LOT 1640
French Homo Heidelbergensis Knapped Flint Chopper
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Stone Age Knapped Flint Blade Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising four small blades. 36.8 grams total, 35-50 mm
From the private collection of the late Mr M., a collector from Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK; late 1980s-early 1990s. -
Large Stone Age Acheulean Ovate Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-350,000 B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £240
Substantial and well-made handaxe with thick butt and rounded cutting edge; marked 'St Même FR'; likely made by Homo heidelbergensis; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 719 grams, 17.5 cm without stand
From the well-regarded, long-closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France. From an old large French collection. Acquired on the European art market. From a UK private collection.
Smaller handaxes continued as components of Middle Palaeolithic industries (Acheulian and Mousterian) associated with Neanderthal and Homo sapiens. -
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Chopper
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rounded blade and cortex-covered butt, old inked collection numbers 'SNC 9.60 W.G.S' and 3968/1/28', and a pencilled note '150.9' to the other side. 152 grams, 79 mm
Previously in several old Stone Age tool collections, having been annotated with three different accession numbers. Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
