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LOT 1528
Stone Age British Flint Handaxe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3500-2000 B.C.
4 in. (158 grams total, 10.1 cm).
Biconvex in section with rounded butt and pointed cutting edge, some cortex remaining; small scooped depression to one face, perhaps the location of a shell or other inclusion. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
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Very Large Stone Age 'Livre de Beurre' Cleaver
Neolithic Period, circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Substantial core from which flakes have been struck; triangular in section with broad point in relation to the butt; with inked inscription to one side: 'NILE'. 2.170 kg, 26 cm.
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 'Wanel' Flint Axehead
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
Found Wannel, France. Ex old French collection. Acquired prior to 2000. From a private Norfolk, UK, collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 480,000-250,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Rounded irregular ovate cleaver with remains of cortex to one face; mottled patination. 206 grams, 93 mm
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.
