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LOT 1652
Large Stone Age Acheulean Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500,000-350,000 B.P.
8 1/4 in. (1.3 kg total including stand, axe: 21 cm).
A quartzite hand tool of remarkable size and weight; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFound Garonne, France.
Ex famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
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.
Attributed to Homo Heidelbergensis.
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Stone Age Polished Flint French Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Scaphoid in section with irregular rounded butt and curved edge, polished; old find spot label 'Fontigny Lalbie'. 318 grams, 16.2 cm
Found east of Paris, France. From an old Parisian collection. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age 'Antrim' Porcellanite Chisel, Scraper and Burnisher
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Comprising: ovate scraper with inked 'Larne 1972' and '1910-104', '54' to reverse; subrectangular burnisher with inked 'N7'; Broad chisel blade with inked 'M9-102'. 120 grams total, 51-81 mm
Found Tievebarragh, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, before 1979, Larne in 1972, and Glenarm area before 1979. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Flaked Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Knapped mottle grey/brown, the unusual shape shows how it would of been hafted around the waist. 248 grams, 13 cm
Found Dordogne Region, 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.
