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LOT 1694
French Stone Age Neanderthal Levallois Knapped Point - Ex Boucher-de-Perthes
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC 150,000-60,000 B.P.
2 1/2 in. (18.5 grams, 63 mm).
Triangular flint point labelled 'Celtique Trouve avec des os et de vases. Toubiere de la Somme’ (Celtic, Found with bones and vases, peat beds of the Somme). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound by Boucher-des-Perthes in the 1800s.
Ex Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788-1868), sometimes referred to as Boucher de Perthes.
Ex Sir Arthur John Evans (1851–1941), British archaeologist and son of Sir John Evans (1823-1908).
Ex Henry Dewey (1876–1965), a prominent British geologist and archaeologist who made seminal contributions to the study of the Palaeolithic period.
Ex R Richard Widdowson, a well-known UK-based antiquities specialist who owned the gallery 'Ancient Times' in Scarborough in Southern England.
Ex J Weston Smith.
Accompanied by an illustrated envelope and two collector's information cards.
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LOT 1694
French Stone Age Neanderthal Levallois Knapped Point - Ex Boucher-de-Perthes
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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African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Formed in dark red quartzite with rounded butt and tapering lower end; tip absent. 550 grams, 12.4 cm
From the Northern Sahara, North Africa. From a collection formed during the 1970s and 1980s, having been acquired on the British art market; thence by descent to the current owner in 1998. -
French Stone Age Neanderthal Levallois Knapped Point - Ex Boucher-de-Perthes
Middle Palaeolithic 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triangular flint point labelled 'Celtique Trouve avec des os et de vases. Toubiere de la Somme’ (Celtic, Found with bones and vases, peat beds of the Somme). 18.5 grams, 63 mm
Found by Boucher-des-Perthes in the 1800s. Ex Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788-1868), sometimes referred to as Boucher de Perthes. Ex Sir Arthur John Evans (1851–1941), British archaeologist and son of Sir John Evans (1823-1908). Ex Henry Dewey (1876–1965), a prominent British geologist and archaeologist who made seminal contributions to the study of the Palaeolithic period. Ex R Richard Widdowson, a well-known UK-based antiquities specialist who owned the gallery 'Ancient Times' in Scarborough in Southern England. Ex J Weston Smith. Accompanied by an illustrated envelope and two collector's information cards. -
North American Stone Age Knapped Bifacial Knife
Circa 6000-4000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ovate blade in cream-coloured stone, narrow point, inked collector's note 'N.America S.A 37' and Hugh Fawcett collection monogram below. 25.4 grams, 79 mm
Ex Dr Hugh Alderson Fawcett (1891-1982), a general practitioner and antiquarian who built up an important collection of ancient implements, weapons and ornaments. From the collection of a West Sussex collector. Acquired from the UK art market in the 2020s.
Dr Hugh Alderson Fawcett (1891-1982) was a general practitioner and antiquarian who built up an important collection of ancient implements, weapons and ornaments. The bulk of his collection is now in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, but Fawcett previously sold or traded some examples. His distinctive monogram and careful recording of provenance make his pieces readily identifiable.
