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LOT 1609
Possible Stone Age Flint Core Group
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P. OR LATER
2 1/2 - 3 1/4 in. (233 grams total, 62-81 mm).
Comprising possibly one core, the other natural, one with inked collection number '4197/1/28' and the other with 'SNC. W.G.S. 882' and '4487/1/28'. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in several old collections, having been annotated with two different accession numbers.
Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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LOT 1609
Possible Stone Age Flint Core Group
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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French Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Flint Knife Scraper
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Piriform in plam with cortex to the reverse; rounded butt and broad point; old inked legend '16 St Front'. 66.9 grams, 76 mm
From St Front, Périgueux, Dordogne, France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collections of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. -
Published East Danish 'Limited Culture 4' Ertebolle Groundstone Limhamn Axe
South Scandinavian Mesolithic Period, circa 6300-5900 B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Finely produced from local diabase/amphibolite and characteristic of the restricted Limhamn-Nivå tradition of North Sjælland and Scania; unusually well-polished for the type, with intact form and clear Mesolithic workmanship, possibly ceremonial. 406 grams, 11.5 cm
Found Aatoften Settlement, Nive Mill South, Nivaa, Denmark, 1970. From the private collection of amateur archaeologist Jorgen Faxholm, UK. Accompanied by copies of the relevant book pages where this axe is published.
This type represents a distinctive South Scandinavian Mesolithic tradition. Limhamn axes illustrate the indigenous technological development from the earlier Nøstvet and Lihult tools. While Limhamn axes are typically heavily scarred from knapping and crushing, this specimen appears unused and shows unusually fine grinding and surface finish, suggesting a piece of elevated status, adding limited practical use. The type is found exclusively in North Sjælland (Denmark) and Scania (Sweden), indicating a localised craft tradition with minimal external influence. A rare and representative example of Scandinavian Mesolithic stone craftsmanship, unbroken from Maglemose to Ertebølle. -
French Stone Age Triangular Mousterian Knapped Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 250,000-150,000 B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triangular in profile with a narrow butt and a wide blade; attributed to Homo neanderthalensis. 190 grams, 96 mm
From the collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. Acquired from the art market in the 2020s.
