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LOT 1703
Museum Recorded Stone Age Flint Axe from Essex
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 10,000 B.P.
3 1/4 in. (89.4 grams, 81 mm).
Piriform in plan and lentoid in section with broad cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in the vicinity of High Beech and Loughton Camp, Essex, UK.
From the collection of a Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, gentleman.
Accompanied by an original letter from Epping Forest District Museum collections manager dated 7th September 1991, stating that the find was 'most interesting, since the find spot was in the vicinity of both High Beech and Loughton Camp'.
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LOT 1703
Museum Recorded Stone Age Flint Axe from Essex
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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French Stone Age Solutrean Knapped Flint Blade Group - Ex Sir Arthur Evans
Upper Palaeolithic Period, 22,000-17,000 B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two blades made from bluish-white flint, and one made of dark blue-grey flint. 18.3 grams total, 48-52 mm
Found at Fourneau du Diable, Bourdielles Dordogne, an important Upper Palaeolithic prehistoric rock shelter. Ex Sir Arthur John Evans (1851–1941), British archaeologist and son of Sir John Evans (1823-1908). Ex Henry Dewey (1876–1965), a prominent British geologist and archaeologist who made seminal contributions to the study of the Palaeolithic period. Ex R Richard Widdowson, a well-known UK-based antiquities specialist who owned the gallery 'Ancient Times' in Scarborough in Southern England. Ex J Weston Smith. Each accompanied by an illustrated collector's information card. -
British Stone Age Knapped and Polished Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With a gently curving blade and square butt, old inked collector's note ' Lizard Walk, Wymondham, Norfolk' on one side. 78 grams, 11.4 cm
Found Lizard Walk, Wymondham, Norfolk, UK. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ovate in plan with a curving blade and a narrow butt. 370 grams, 14.5 cm
From Central Sahara, Africa. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s by Dr J Fehkhaber. Acquired on the European art market.
