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LOT 1553
Stone Age Acheulian Knapped Axehead
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000-200,000 B.P.
5 3/4 in. (530 grams, 14.6 cm).
Roughly piriform in profile with tapering point. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Erg Belfelfoul, Algeria, 1967.
From an old Hamburg, Germany collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
Palaeolithic-Neolithic Period, circa 200,000-6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mixed group of points, scrapers and other tools embedded in a foam matrix for transportation. 254 grams total including box, 10-58 mm
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s. -
Danish Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, 7th-5th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Trapezoidal in plan and rectangular in section with square butt and broad cutting edge. 986 grams, 10.9 cm
Found Denmark. Formerly acquired in the late 1950s. From the family collection of a South East London gentleman. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Including chevron, ovate, triangular and other types. 55 grams total, 30-47 mm
Found near Fakenham, Norfolk, UK. From an old Norfolk collection formed during the 1960s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
