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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): £78
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Stone Age Twydall Flint Knife
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Triangular-section blade with two cutting edges; with an old inked inscription: '2.K.1253.A Twydall'. 54 grams, 76 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
