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LOT 1210
Stone Age Acheulian Cleaver Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, BEFORE 200,000 YEARS B.P.
6 1/4 in. (661 grams, 16 cm).
Bifacial with rounded base, retouching to the edges. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old Hamburg collection, Germany.
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Stone Age British Neolithic Polished Axe Fragment Group
6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Composed of two partial axe heads: one with fan-shaped cheeks and convex cutting edge; one with a wedge-shaped profile and rounded butt. 136 grams total, 59-70 mm
Found near Colchester, Essex, 1990s. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Stone Age Grey Stone Battle Axehead
Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Composed of a finely polished, boat-shaped body in dark grey stone, with expanded asymmetric convex cutting edge tapering to shouldered and collared 'hammer' butt, drilled to receive handle. 1.1 kg, 21 cm
European collection formed in the 1980s. From the collection of a North American gentleman. -
Stone Age Neolithic Ceramic Spindle Whorl Group
Circa 6th millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £91
Illustrating a range of forms: a coin-shaped example with bifacial floral motif; a domed example; a 'melon' style biconvex whorl with raised ribs; a carinated squared-shaped whorl; each with central vertical hole. 81 grams total, 26-44 mm
From an old family property, acquired before 1980. Ex the Bavarian private collection of K.F.
