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LOT 1535
Large French Stone Age Flint Acheulean Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 450,000-300,000 B.P.
6 in. (760 grams, 15 cm).
Very substantial in size with cortex to the rear and inked legend 'Biface Coa[...]forme' / St Meme / Charente (FR)'.
ProvenanceFrom the well regarded long closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, 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.
Likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis or the first Neanderthals in to France.
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Large French Stone Age Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-250,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
With broad cutting edge and some cortex; inked legend 'Aisne / 17 NOV 1930 / M.AR'. 642 grams, 14.4 cm
Found Aisne, Hauts-de-France, 17 November 1930. Ex Paris collection. 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. -
British Stone Age Flint Chopper and Axe from the Isle of Wight
Mesolithic Period, circa 14000-8000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Each with much cortex remaining and pencilled 'IOW' notation. 347 grams total, 92-99 mm
Found Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
French Stone Age Acheulean Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Well made with a Cordiform shape with small panel of cortex remaining, inked legend 'St. Même / Charente / Car. Audouin / (FR)'. 338 grams, 13 cm
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 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.
Likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis or the first Neanderthals in to France.
