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LOT 0245
Large Danish Stone Age Neolithic Thin Butted Axe
DOLMAN PERIOD, 3700-3300 B.C.
7 1/8 in. (805 grams, 18 cm).
A finely knapped and polished axe with convex cutting edge and square sides in a grey chert; evidence of use as a 'strike-a-light' to the butt; old collector label '162' to face.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980s.
French private collection before 2020.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
Cf. Glob, P. V., Danske Oldsager II, Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, no.228, for type.
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Stone Age Obsidian Knife Core
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
A tongue-shaped obsidian core with vertical fluting where blades have been knapped from the surface. 92 grams, 76 mm
Fine condition.
Ex UK art market, 1970s. Property of a London gentleman. -
Stone Age Knife Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A group of 30 flint knife blades. 167 grams total, 35-62 mm
Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK. -
Stone Age Twydall Proto Handaxe
Lower Paleolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A Twydall flint proto hand axe, bearing collector's handwritten inventory id. to one face '1801 Twydall'. 444 grams, 12.3 cm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
