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LOT 1546
Large French Stone Age Flaked Flint Axe
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
6 1/2 in. (487 grams, 16.5 cm).
Irregular lentoid in section with cortex to one face, rounded butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom France.
From an old UK collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Stone Age Acheulian Twydall Flint Flake Point Scraper
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Lozengiform in section with inked legend '1361. 1.Twdall' [sic]. 57 grams, 67 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. 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. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
French Stone Age Mousterian Flint Racloir
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian circa 150,000- 60,000 B.PSold for (Inc. bp): £78
Very well formed example with neat retouch, cortex to trailing edge; inked legend 'Plazac / Dord)'. 66 grams, 94 mm
Found in the Dordogne, France. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Made by Neanderthals. -
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French Stone Age Mousterian Flint Racloir Drill
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian circa 150,000-60,000 B.PSold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Found Mainxe, France, 1 April 1968. From the private collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Made by Neanderthals.
