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LOT 1475
Large Stone Age Knapped Black Stone Axehead
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
7 7/8 in. (668 grams, 20 cm).
With broad cutting edge, lozenge-shaped in section; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Stone Age Polished Red Granite Bird's Beak Axe-Hammer
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
With one large curved face and a shorter beak to the rear, D-shaped in section with ground socket. 224 grams, 91 mm
From Denmark. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N212; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Stone Age New Caledonia Polished Green Stone Axehead
Lapita Culture, circa mid 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lentoid in section with rounded butt and broad edge; old collector's label 'New Caledonia / 6121 : 5'. 645 grams, 16 cm
Found New Caledonia, southwest Pacific Ocean. Acquired from an old Buckingham, UK, collection. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N190; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Knapped Grey Flint Pick
Mesolithic Period, circa 5000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Triangular in section with straight cutting edge, pointed butt. 375 grams, 18 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
These objects were produced by the hunting and gathering groups living in Europe during the early phases of the present interglacial period. The piece seems to be a core axe of Thames pick type, with pointed butt and rounded cutting edge. Core tools, now hafted, were used for woodworking in an environment now increasingly forested.
