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LOT 1991
Large Stone Age Acheulean Knapped Flint Handaxe with Attractive Orange Patina
LATE LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000-200,000 В.P.
5 3/4 in. (629 grams, 14.8 cm).
Cordate in plan with rounded edge; marked at the base 'St. Meme Charente B. Lanceols' Achuleen Superieur'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound St Même, Charente, France, with old inked label 'St Même, Charente, B.Lanceols' (Biface Lanceolate), Acheuleen Supérieur.'
Acquired from the UK estate sale of famous musician, Victor Brox (1940-1923); his prehistoric artefacts collection created during the 1980s and 1990s.
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LOT 1991
Large Stone Age Acheulean Knapped Flint Handaxe with Attractive Orange Patina
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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British Stone Age Knapped Flint Drill Tool from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Biconvex in section with thick midrib. 9.74 grams, 46 mm
Found in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield, who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house. -
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Stone Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Piriform in profile with cortex to one face; old findspot label 'Tunesien'. 578 grams, 15.9 cm
From Tunisia. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s. Purchased on the European art market.
Made from flint with a mottled cream and yellow patina. -
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British Stone Age Knapped Langdale Tuff Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lentoid in section and D-shaped in profile with thick butt. 724 grams, 13.4 cm
From the collection of Richard Widdowson. Richard owned an Antiquity shop in Southern England and amassed a great and varied Stone Age collection. Purchased from Mr Widdowson in the 1980s and then more recently from a collector in the UK.
