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LOT 1559
Large Scandinavian Stone Age Trechter Beyer Type Flaked Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5500 B.P.
7 1/4 in. (467 grams, 18.5 cm).
Worked and unpolished on all surfaces and edges, trapezoidal in plan with rectangular cross-section and slightly convex broad sides, straight narrow sides; thin butt rounded and with reduced thickness; rounded cutting edge; dark beige 'marbled' flint with inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the South of Denmark.
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.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.76, for type.
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LOT 1559
Large Scandinavian Stone Age Trechter Beyer Type Flaked Axehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Stone Age Mousterian Point
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000- 60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Knapped light grey flint with partial cortex handle with old inked collector's inscription to verso: '16 St Front'. 63.6 grams, 87 mm
Found St Front, France. From a large French collection built in the early 1900s. 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. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Pick and Scraper
Mesolithic Period, circa 10,000-6000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Each with inked 'Isle of Wight' legend. 353 grams total, 7.2-12 cm
Found Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK. Ex Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK, collection. From the private collection of a Leicestershire, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Large Stone Age Flint Arrowhead
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Triangular in plan and lentoid in section with broad tang to the rear. 15.1 grams, 48 mm
From the collection of an Essex, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
