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LOT 0260
Large and Impressive Nordic Stone Age Flaked Flint Preform for a Handaxe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5000-3500 B.P.
7 1/2 in. (790 grams, 19 cm).
Large ovate handaxe 'blank' with initial knapping work already undertaken, preparatory to finishing and dressing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Swedish Industrialist Nils Thorwaldsen (1918-2019).
Ex private collection; acquired during the 1970s-1980s.
These flint axe 'blanks' were widely traded during Neolithic times.
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LOT 0260
Large and Impressive Nordic Stone Age Flaked Flint Preform for a Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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Treen Stone Age Polished Grinding Tool
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Round-section pestle with polished butt; inked legend 'Treen / Penwith / Sam Angoye'. 218 grams, 76 mm
Found Treen, Penwith, UK. From the collection of Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham; who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew. -
Large North American Stone Age Knapped Spear Point Group
Archaic Woodland Period, circa 2500-1900 B.P. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising three tanged points in grey-brown stone, two barbed. 57.9 grams total, 64-78 mm
From a previous old English collection. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector; acquired from a UK auction house. -
Large Stone Age Acheulean Ovate Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-350,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Substantial and well-made handaxe with thick butt and rounded cutting edge; marked 'St Même FR'; likely made by Homo heidelbergensis; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 719 grams, 17.5 cm without stand
From 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.
Smaller handaxes continued as components of Middle Palaeolithic industries (Acheulian and Mousterian) associated with Neanderthal and Homo sapiens.
