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LOT 0310
Large Stone Age Flint Ovate Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 450,000-300,000 B.P.
5 1/4 in. (535 grams total including stand, axe: 13.3 cm).
With silky cream and pale blue patina; small oval darker area forming part of the original cortex, potentially left to aid grip; inked notation 'Blandford / Dorset'; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFound Blanford, Dorset, UK.
From the collection of John Sharp, former well known archaeologist.
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.
The Ovate form is uncommon. Attributed to Homo Heidelbergensis.
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Large Stone Age Flint Ovate Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
With silky cream and pale blue patina; small oval darker area forming part of the original cortex, potentially left to aid grip; inked notation 'Blandford / Dorset'; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 535 grams total including stand, axe: 13.3 cm
Found Blanford, Dorset, UK. From the collection of John Sharp, former well known archaeologist. 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.
The Ovate form is uncommon. Attributed to Homo Heidelbergensis. -
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Stone Age Arrowhead Group
Neolithic, 8th-4th millennium BCSold for (Inc. bp): £85
A group of thirty barbed Neolithic light tan chert arrowheads. 23 grams total, 14-28mm
Fine condition.
From the Petra Berhout collection; previously in a 1930s Dutch collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; 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 Flint Arrowhead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 5000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Two arrowheads, one ovate and one with rounded base. 4.7 grams total, 29-33 mm
Found Thames Valley in the 19th century. From an antiquarian Palaeolithic study collection, Shropshire, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
