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LOT 0331
Stone Age Acheulean Knapped Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
5 3/4 in. (540 grams, 14.5 cm).
Ovate in profile with broad base; inked legend to cortex at base 'Longeuil Ste Marie / Oise et [...]'; point absent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLongueil, Seine-Maritime, Oise.
Collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), formed between the 1950s and 1990s.
Accompanied by an original French Ministry of Culture export certificate no.CBC 242901.
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French Stone Age Green Stone Polished Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With pointed butt and broad cutting edge; inked findspot '26N Clansayes, Drome'. 302 grams, 10.2 cm
From Clansayes, Drome, France. From a collection acquired at Bonhams in the 2020s. -
British Stone Age Knapped Neolithic Drill Tool from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Lentoid in section with broad base and prominent drilling spike. 26.7 grams, 55 mm
Found 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. -
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Acheulean Stone Age Dark Red Quartzite Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Ovate in plan with broad facetted butt. 580 grams, 14 cm
From Northern Sahara, North Africa. From a collection formed during the seventies and eighties and acquired on the British art market. By descent to the current owner in 1998.
