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LOT 1533
Stone Age Acheulian Knapped Axehead
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000-200,000 B.P.
4 3/8 in. (288 grams, 11.1 cm).
Piriform in plan and lentoid in section with broad butt. [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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British Stone Age Discordial Flint Core from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Biconvex in section with broad cutting edge. 55 grams, 49 mm
Found Farnham, Kent, 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. -
Stone Age Polished Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £61
Piriform in plan and lentoid in section, tapering towards the square butt; broad crescentic blade. 486 grams, 16 cm
Found Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK. -
French Stone Age 'Mousterian' Levallois Spear Tip
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Triangular in plan with gently curved butt, lateral facets, 57.5 grams, 89 mm
From Yonne, Bourgogne Franche-Compte Region of France. From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s.
