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LOT 1103
Stone Age British Acheulean Flint Bifacial Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
5 1/8 in. (353 grams, 13.1 cm).
Cordiform handaxe with broad rounded butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound field walking near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
Ex English private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
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Stone Age Acheulian Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, before 200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cleaver-shaped point and a rounded base, continuous retouching to the edges. 752 grams, 18 cm
From an old Hamburg, Germany, collection. -
Stone Age Flint Microlith Group
Circa 7th-4th millennium B.CSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising thirty-seven microliths. 26 grams total, 14-20 mm
Found at the foot of Perry Hill, London SE6 in 1922. Ex private London, UK, collection. -
Stone Age French Flint Bifacial Handaxe
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Substantial cordiform handaxe with remains of the cortex to one face; old inked findspot inscription 'Wanel'. 564 grams, 15 cm
Found Wanel, France. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
