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LOT 2926
Hampshire Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
4 in. (161 grams, 99 mm).
Leaf-shaped in plan with broad rounded butt; inked legend 'Privett Hants PAL 170'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Privett, Hampshire, UK.
Ex Martin Doyle collection, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
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LOT 2926
Hampshire Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe
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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Norfolk Stone Age Knapped Ovate Flint Handaxe
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Leaf-shaped in plan and biconvex in section, raised at the centre. 117 grams, 83 mm
Found Norfolk, UK. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
South American Stone Age Arrowhead
Circa 6000- 4000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Leaf-shaped with long cutting edges; inked note reading 'S.America, AS.16., HF'. 3.18 grams, 42 mm
With desired Hugh Fawcett Collection monogram. From the collection of West Sussex, UK, collector.
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 makes his pieces readily identifiable. -
Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 146 grams total, 19-49 mm
Ex UK gallery, early 2000s.
