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LOT 1623
Stone Age Acheulean Triangular Knapped Flint Hand Axe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000 B.P.
5 1/4 in. (310 grams, 13.2 cm).
Triangular in plan with rounded angles, lentoid in section with long butting edges; supplied with handwritten authentication card by Philippe Chauchoy "Certificat d'authenticité. Biface acheuléen en silèx grise datant d' environ 150 000 ans, certifié authentique - forme triangulaire (biface dit subtriangulaire) trouvé a 8m de profondeure dans la Somme".
ProvenanceRecovered from the River Somme.
Ex Philippe Chauchoy, Amiens, Northern France.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
Accompanied by an original handwritten and signed certificate of authenticity card from Philippe Chauchoy.
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Lentoid in section and cordiform in plan with broad thick butt and rounded tip. 148 grams, 95 mm
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British Stone Age Turtle Back Flint Scraper from Fullbrook Farm
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Plano-convex in section with intricate retouch around the majority of the piece; marked to the underside 'FP 1921 Fullbrook Farm'. 47.8 grams, 55 mm
Found Fullbrook Farm, Surrey, UK, in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent.
Named 'Turtle Back' due to the whole top being worked into a dome. 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. -
Stone Age Homo Heidelbergensis Flint Flake Tool from Happisburgh
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-250,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Cordiform with lateral chamfers to the upper face, made from a large thick flint flake; marked to the butt 'Happisburgh 2019 JA Bay One AP'. 180 grams, 74 mm
Found by Mr Anthony Pryke in Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK, January 2019 near site 1.
Discovery by Mr A Pryke after the 'Beast from the East Storm' which stripped the beach of the sand and helped to erode the Palaeolithic artefacts from the ancient Thames river bed. During the time the artefacts were dropped, the Thames ran through North Norfolk and what is now Happisburgh before it was pushed down to its current position in London via the Ice age glacial melts. The site of Happisburgh in Norfolk has helped to push the history of inhabitation of the British Isles back by 200,000 making it a site of special importance.
