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LOT 1248
Stone Age Acheulian Hand Axe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, BEFORE 200.000 B.P.
6 1/2 in. (584 grams, 16.6 cm).
Cleaver-shaped with rounded butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceDiscovered in 1967 at Erg Belfelfoul, Algeria - Acheulian industry of the Sahara.
From an old Hamburg, Germany collection.
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Stone Age Implement Group
Neolithic, circa 4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Composed of scrapers, blades and other implements. 542 grams total, 36-80 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance. -
Stone Age Flint Arrowhead and Blade Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising mostly lentoid flint and chert arrowheads, a few tanged, together with a few blades; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 183 grams total, 26-81 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Stone Age Danish Type 1a Brown Flint Dagger
Neolithic Period, circa 2150 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
To the obverse an inked inscription in black: 'DENMARK / DD. 37. HF' and to verso a label: 'DENMARK / DEN.125' and another with collection number: '65-19'; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 80 grams total, 18.3 cm high including stand
Ex F.S. Clarke collection. Acquired from a UK gallery. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
