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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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Knapped Flint Arrowhead
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.P. or laterEstimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Barbed and tanged arrowhead in dark brown flint, possibly a replica. 10.6 grams, 55 mm
From a previous old English collection. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector; acquired from a UK auction house. -
Large Stone Age Acheulean Ovate Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-350,000 B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £240
Substantial and well-made handaxe with thick butt and rounded cutting edge; marked 'St Même FR'; likely made by Homo heidelbergensis; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 719 grams, 17.5 cm without stand
From the well-regarded, long-closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France. From an old large French collection. Acquired on the European art market. From a UK private collection.
Smaller handaxes continued as components of Middle Palaeolithic industries (Acheulian and Mousterian) associated with Neanderthal and Homo sapiens. -
Stone Age Flint Debitage Group
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P. or laterEstimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising one debitage and possibly one natural, each with two inked collection notes, one with 'SNC 11.81 W.G.S.' and '4078/1/28' and a pencilled note '91.9' to the other side, the other with 'SNC 7.80 W.G.S.' and '4266/1/28'. 255 grams total, 66-86 mm
Previously 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.
