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LOT 1591
Stone Age Boat-Shaped Pierced Axehead and 'Orkney' Macehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 7/8 - 7 3/4 in. (3.65 kg total, 12.3-19.5 cm).
Substantial axehead with hammer face to rear; the macehead with old inked inscription: '84.277 / ORKNEY'. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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LOT 1591
Stone Age Boat-Shaped Pierced Axehead and 'Orkney' Macehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
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Neolithic Period, circa 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Irregular rectangle in plan with squared ends, old inked legend 'WANEL' to one face. 166 grams, 94 mm
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, 480,000-250,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Substantial cleaver, ovate in profile with rounded cutting edge, chipped from usage; grey flint with soft tan patination. 370 grams, 12.6 cm
From the collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), an amateur prehistorian and former member of the French Society of Prehistory and the Prehistoric Association of the South-West, as well as an Honorary Member of the Geological Club of Ile-de-France. This collection of flints was assembled between the 1950s and 1990s and originates from Ile-de-France, Oise, and Val-d'Oise. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Dagger
Neolithic Period, 4,000-2,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Narrow lentoid-section blade with remains of cortex to the base; repaired. 42 grams, 15 cm
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