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LOT 1582
Large Stone Age Tenerian Pecked Celt Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 9TH-7TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
6 7/8 in. (720 grams, 17.5 cm).
With round-section shank and tapering butt, broad cutting edge chipped. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom South Central Sahara.
Ex private French collection, formed 1960s-1970s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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British Stone Age Fully Polished Axehead from Keith Hall
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Tongue-shaped in profile and plano-convex in section with pointed butt; old collector's label 'Keith Hall 1898' with 'Keith in a second, later hand above. 376 grams, 12.4 cm (436 grams total, 15 cm including stand)
Found at Keith Hall, Farnham, in 1898. 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. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Roughly-formed axehead with a curved and partially polished cutting edge. 392 grams, 14.3 cm
From the estate of late Aberdeenshire collector. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
British Stone Age Bifacial Classic Ficron Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-300,000 B.PSold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
A massive symmetrical piriform hand-axe with cream-coloured cortex, flattened hand edge, and tapering body to a small blade point. 730 grams, 18.5 cm
Found Fareham, Hampshire, UK, circa 1961-1962, by the vendor when he was 16 years old.
This superb specimen fits the adult male hand perfectly, 'like a glove'.
