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LOT 0311
Stone Age Acheulean Ficron Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-350,000 B.P.
5 1/4 in. (418 grams, 13.4 cm without stand).
Well made with a ficron shape, the tip snapped in a clean break (this has been professionally glued back into place); likely made by Homo Heidelbergensis; marked to butt 'ST Même FR'; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Scandinavian Stone Age Sickle Knife
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With long straight cutting edge and thick bowed back; old collector's label to one face with 'Plosset / See-Gut / Fehnen'; with handwritten note 'Cf. catalogue de l'exposition de Venise "Il Celti" p.199' and business card of Chauchoy with note in the same hand 'Pointe de javelot en silèx taillé, épopée néolitique garantie' and initials. 53.6 grams, 13.3 cm
Ex Philippe Chauchoy, Amiens, Northern France. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. Accompanied by an original handwritten and signed information card from Philippe Chauchoy. -
British Stone Age Flint Blades from Farnham
Mesolithic Period, circa 12,000-8,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Group of three microliths, linguiform in plan. 5.16 grams total, 27-36 mm
Found Farnham, Surrey, UK, in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent.
After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house. -
Scandinavian Stone Age Polished Schist Pendant
Neolithic Period, circa 5500 B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
A long flat polished pendant or sharpener stone, hole to the apex, almost square blade to the end. 117 grams, 16.5 cm
From the South of Denmark. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
