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LOT 1648
Large Stone Age Acheulean Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500,000-350,000 B.P.
7 in. (933 grams total including stand, stone: 18 cm).
Substantial hand tool with some cortex to the butt; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom the well regarded long closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France.
From an old large Belgian collection.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
Attributed to Homo Heidelbergensis.
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Stone Age Acheulean Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-350,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Well made with a thin sharp profile, likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis; marked at the butt 'Bif Cordiforme Allonge St. Même Audoin Charente'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 235 grams, 13 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. -
Stone Age Flint Core
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Large lenticular-section and ovate in plan with inked legend 'Le Tillet-Vauharlin près La Ferté s/ Jouarre S.et M.'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 350 grams, 13.7 cm without stand
Found Le Tillet, Vallharlin, France. From a collection purchased on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. -
British Stone Age Knapped Scraper and Knife Blade Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Mixed group including triangular, leaf-shaped and other types; one with old label 'Eastboune 10.8.89'; one marked 'Cissbury S. Entrance'; one marked 'Batsea'; one marked 'BHd 29.7.98' (Beachy Head?). 299 grams total, 6.6-10 cm
Found UK, three anotated with find information. From a West Country auction house, UK. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
