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LOT 0320
Massive Stone Age British Bifacial Lanceolate Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
7 1/2 in. (735 grams, 19 cm).
Long blade with small portion of cortex at the upper end, sharply tapering point with edges worked from both sides. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound field walking near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
Ex English private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
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LOT 0320
Massive Stone Age British Bifacial Lanceolate Flint Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,400
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Stone Age Twydall Flint Knife
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Flake used as a blade with one long bladed edge; cortex with old inked legend 'N.2029 / TWYDALL'. 22 grams, 73 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall. -
Stone Age Flint Microlith Group
Circa 7th-4th millennium B.CSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising thirty-seven microliths. 26 grams total, 14-20 mm
Found at the foot of Perry Hill, London SE6 in 1922. Ex private London, UK, collection. -
Large Stone Age Danish Knapped Flint Dagger
Neolithic Period, circa 2400-2050 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
Lanceolate with narrow rounded butt; tip professionally restored. 131 grams, 26.2 cm
Acquired mid to late 20th century from older collections. From the estate of a deceased specialised collector. Acquired from Helios Gallery, Wiltshire, UK. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.