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LOT 1493
Stone Age Acheulean Bifacial Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 480,000-250,000 B.P.
5 3/4 in. (450 grams, 14.6 cm).
Triangular pick or handaxe from the Garrone Terraces, France. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Garrone Terraces, Montauban, Toulouse, France.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P37; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Stone Age Green Stone Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
With rounded butt and curved edge; old collector's inked legend 'Te / St. Vincent / 07'; chipped. 93 grams, 72 mm
Found St. Vincent. Acquired in Oxford, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N162; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Polished Axehead
Neolithic-Early Bronze Age, circa 6000-4500 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Lentoid in section, tapering from a rounded butt to a broad curved edge. 381 grams, 13.3 cm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA201; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Mousterian Bifacial Flint Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000- 60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Cordate in plan, finely made with intricate retouching. 123 grams, 87 mm
Found Barraux, France. From the collection of a Belgian collector. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
Attributed to Homo neanderthalensis.
