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LOT 1606
Stone Age Acheulean Dark Red Quartzite 'Homo Erectus' Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 1,000,000-500,000 B.C.
6 1/4 in. (800 grams, 16 cm).
Ellipsoid in plan with rounded cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Northern Sahara.
From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market.
By descent to the current owner in 1988.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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LOT 1606
Stone Age Acheulean Dark Red Quartzite 'Homo Erectus' Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Stone Age Polished Fishing Weight
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Triangular in profile with ground hole below the apex; chipped. 256 grams, 10.2 cm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N202; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Large Flint Blade and Burin Group
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 28,000-22,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Each with inked findspot: 'Gravière Saint-Onger / Bergerac / JRV', 'Vallée de la Cou[..] / 14.3.68', 'Rabier / près Lac[.]queres' (and feint pencilled 'Rabier' below). 99 grams total, 7-11.7 cm
Found Graviere, Lanquais and De LaCoulc, France, in the 1960s. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). -
Stone Age Knapped Ovate Grey Flint Handaxe
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Ovate in plan and lentoid in section. 73 grams, 67 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
