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LOT 2941
Pierrepont French Stone Age Neanderthal Knapped Fint Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, MOUSTERIAN, CIRCA 60,000 B.P.
2 1/2 in. (55.2 grams, 65 mm).
Discordial form, biconvex in section with intricate re-sharpening; old inked legend 'Pierrepont 14 3.8.93'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Pierrepont, Calvados, Normandy, France.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 2020s.
From a private collection.
Attributed to Neanderthal man.
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LOT 2941
Pierrepont French Stone Age Neanderthal Knapped Fint Handaxe
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Danish Stone Age Knapped Flint Thick-Butted Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 5,200-3,950 B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular-section shank flaring to broad cutting edge, square butt. 539 grams, 18.1 cm
Acquired from an auction in the UK. From the private collection of a S.W. London, UK, gentleman. -
Stone Age Fontmaure Jasper Neanderthal Long Blade Scraper
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Blade with parallel sides, concave area with re-touch, naturally backed for grip. 134 grams, 13.5 cm
Found Fontmaure, Vienne department, France. Ex collection of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). Acquired on the UK art market at auction after being sold by Mr Brox’s family. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
Made by Neanderthal. From the well-regarded site of Fontmaure -
Farnham Stone Age Knapped Flint 'Micro-Burins' Collection
Mesolithic Period, circa 15,000 B.P. or laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of mainly pointed microliths, about 50% with inked annotation. 9 grams total, 12-38 mm
Found during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Falkner (1875-1963) and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental in the excavation works and pit dwellings at sites including Six Bells, Frensham, Tilford, Thursley and Bagshot, and Waverley, amongst others, at and near Farnham in the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the material is now in the prestigious Farnham museum. The present part of the collection having been gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham, who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.
