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LOT 0319
Stone Age British Grey and White Knapped Flint Ficron Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 480,000-250,000 B.P.
4 7/8 in. (384 grams, 12.3 cm).
With one convex and one straight side, rounded butt, broad tip. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound UK.
British private collection formed from the 1970s-1990s; thence by family descent.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.6.
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LOT 0319
Stone Age British Grey and White Knapped Flint Ficron Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Lentoid in section with broad cutting edge and narrow point. 148 grams, 12 cm
From a very old collection based on the cabinet patination. 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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Elegant Stone Age 'Salisbury' Slender Grey Knapped Flint Adze
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Biconvex in section, long and slender with narrow butt. 147 grams, 14.4 cm
Found whilst fieldwalking in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK. Ex English private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector. -
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Stone Age French Grey Knapped Flint Axe
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Biconvex in section with broad cutting edge, tip of butt absent. 467 grams, 15.3 cm
Found France. Acquired from older collections, 1940s-1960s; and thence by family descent. From the collection of Guy Dubois, Rouen, France. Ex Helios Gallery, Wiltshire, UK. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
