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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]
Provenance
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
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