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LOT 1217
Massive Stone Age Knapped Stone Hand Axe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000-100,000 B.P.
13 3/8 in. (1.69 kg total, 34 cm including stand).
Of triangular cross section tapering from a slender point to a convex butt; with custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceOld German collection, before 1920.
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Massive Stone Age Knapped Stone Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 200,000-100,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Of triangular cross section tapering from a slender point to a convex butt; with custom-made display stand. 1.69 kg total, 34 cm including stand
Old German collection, before 1920. -
Stone Age Twydall Flint Proto Hand Axe Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Formed on a triangular core with two edges trimmed, one finely; with inked collection number: 'TWYDALL / 10.ss.1017.A'. 180 grams, 81 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 Knife Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising thirty knives and some other tools. 237 grams total, 39-70 mm
From the Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
