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LOT 0309
Huge Stone Age Acheulean Ovate Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-350,000 B.P.
8 1/4 in. (1.54 kg, 21.1 cm without stand).
Extremely large example of a chopping tool, likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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LOT 0309
Huge Stone Age Acheulean Ovate Flint Handaxe
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 384 grams total, 38-62 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis. -
British Stone Age Flint Blades from Farnham
Mesolithic Period, circa 12,000-8,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Group of three microliths, linguiform in plan. 5.26 grams total, 36-41 mm
Found Farnham, Surrey, UK, 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. -
British Stone Age Flint Handaxe from Farnham
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-350,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Lentoid in section with broad edge and butt; mounted on a custom-made stand. 380 grams, 11.4 cm without stand
Found Farnham, Surrey, UK, 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.
