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LOT 1460
Stone Age and Later Artefact Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
3/4 - 3 5/8 in. (120 grams total, 19.5-94 mm).
Comprising a mixed group of American, north African and European stone arrowheads and other tools, some with inked reference numbers [26, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Shropshire private collector.
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Stone Age Classic British Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Flint Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 200,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Triangular with broad rounded butt; with old inked inscription: 'Colchester Valley'. 671 grams, 18.5 cm
Found Colchester Valley, Essex, UK. From a very old English collection based on the cabinet patination. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
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Stone Age 'Salisbury' Grey with Cortex Knapped Flint Axe
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Thin-butted and trapezoidal with remains of cortex. 321 grams, 14.5 cm
Found whilst fieldwalking in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK. Ex English private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector. -
Stone Age Polished Axehead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Group of four trapezoidal axeheads, each with a gently curved cutting edge. 224 grams total, 39-70 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
