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LOT 0272
French Stone Age 'Homo Heidelbergensis' Colourful Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-350,000 B.P.
4 in. (4 3/4 in.) (239 grams, 99 mm (282 grams total, 12.1 cm including stand)).
Cordate in profile with deep orange, yellow and purple glossy patina; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), an amateur prehistorian and former member of the French Society of Prehistory and the Prehistoric Association of the South-West; also a Honorary Member of the Geological Club of Ile-de-France; his collection of flints formed between the 1950s and 1990s, and coming from Ile-de-France, Oise, Val-d’Oise and the Dordogne.
FootnotesAttributed to Homo Heidelbergensis.
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LOT 0272
French Stone Age 'Homo Heidelbergensis' Colourful Flint Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
Palaeolithic-Neolithic Period, circa 200,000-6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Including scrapers and other tools, and debutage. 245 grams total, 24-70 mm
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s. -
British Stone Age Bifacial Classic Ficron Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-300,000 B.PSold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
A massive symmetrical piriform hand-axe with cream-coloured cortex, flattened hand edge, and tapering body to a small blade point. 730 grams, 18.5 cm
Found Fareham, Hampshire, UK, circa 1961-1962, by the vendor when he was 16 years old.
This superb specimen fits the adult male hand perfectly, 'like a glove'. -
Large British Stone Age Flint Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 550,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Leaf-shaped in profile with broad cutting edge; mounted on a custom-made stand. 329 grams, 13.6 cm (388 grams total, 15.4 cm including stand)
Found Valdoe Pitt, Goodwood, UK. Found by John Sharp in the 1980s, former well known archeologist and member of the Lithic Society. Inherited by Mr J S and sold privately in the 2020s.
