Loading, please wait...
Details
LOT 1554
Large Stone Age Danish Grey Flint Sickle Knife
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2500-1500 B.C.
5 3/4 in. (175 grams, 14.7 cm).
With lentoid section and long curved cutting edge; collector's inked number '57'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Southern Denmark.
Ex Sherman collection.
From the Britton collection, USA.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Literature
Cf. Madsen, A.P., Antiquités Préhistoriques du Danemark, Copenhague, 1872, pl.24, for type.
CONDITIONVETTING:
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
RELATED LOTS
-
Stone Age Scrapers from Various locations of France Including Lamondie and Larlux
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 28,000-22,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Marked 'Poligny/2915', 'Lamonie.24 / Montgetell 3.7.68', 'La Vergne Larlux /24/JRV', 'Vengues/57'. 180 grams total, 67-88 mm
Found France. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s. From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023), formed in the 1980s-1990s. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector. -
Stone Age Pecked Hammerstone
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Drum-shaped in profile and slightly tapering, rounded percussion face. 407 grams, 78 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, 1990s. -
Stone Age Flint Tool Collection
Mesolithic Period, circa 6,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising a core axe, two blade cores, a denticulate saw and an end scraper. 253 grams total, 32-90 mm
The core axe found Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, UK; and Culverwell, Portland Bill, Dorset, UK. Ex Hampshire, UK, collection, 1970s. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page.
