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LOT 1887
French Stone Age Axe and Other Knapped Flint Tool Display
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
1 1/2 - 4 5/8 in (2.45 kg total including board, 39.12-119.22 mm).
Group of worked flint tools on a display board; various types, some with inked date and findspot (e.g. La Volve 22.11.76). [19, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom various locations in France.
Purchased on the European art market.
Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector.
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LOT 1887
French Stone Age Axe and Other Knapped Flint Tool Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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Acheulean Stone Age Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Montesson, Île-de-France, May 1987. Collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), formed between the 1950s and 1990s. Accompanied by a French Ministry of Culture export licence no.CBC 242815. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Ovate Knife/Scraper from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Ovate in plan with a broad cutting edge and rounded butt; a very large example. 206 grams, 94 mm
Found in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield, who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house.
