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LOT 0344
Stone Age British Bifacial Flint Axehead
LATE MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8000-6000 B.P.
5 in. (216 grams, 12.7 cm).
Triangular in section with rounded butt, straight cutting edge; beautiful example with fine knapping. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePossibly found Lincolnshire, UK.
Acquired Birmingham, UK, on 12th January 2003.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.M194; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Stone Age Speckled Stone Axehead Group
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Two with straight cutting edge, one with broad butt, one pointed and the third domed. 285 grams total, 56-65 mm
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Stone Age Montreuil-Bellay Bifacial Neanderthal Axehead
Palaeolithic Period, circa 60,000-40,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Sub-triangular in plan and biconvex in section with rounded butt. 66 grams, 66 mm
Found Montreuil-Bellay, Anjou, France. Acquired from a Buckingham, UK, collection. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N64; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Implement Group
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 450,000-200,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Grey implement: ex old Nordic collection. Old French collection. Private collection, London.
