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LOT 1222
Stone Age British Neolithic Polished Flint Axe
CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/8 in. (292 grams, 13 cm).
With slightly convex cutting edge tapering with squared sides to a near square butt which shows evidence of possible use as a strike-a-light. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound UK.
UK collection since the 1990s.
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Stone Age Polished Boat-Shaped Axehead
Neolithic Period, 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Finely polished in grey-green stone with asymmetric convex cutting edge curving to circular collared 'hammer' butt; pierced centrally to receive wood haft with shallow raised collar to underside. 565 grams, 13 cm
Formerly acquired in the late 1950s. From the family collection of a South East London collector. -
Stone Age Neolithic Knapped Flint Axe
Circa 6th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Of roughly elliptical form with a shallow triangular cross section and slightly convex cutting edge with rounded butt. 411 grams, 13.8 cm
Acquired 1970-1990. Ex collection of a deceased gentleman by descent to his family. -
Stone Age Neolithic and Later Flint Artefact Group
Circa 4th millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £72
Group comprising: six mixed Neolithic scrapers and a blade; with two replica bifacial flint lance/spear heads. 257 grams total, 3.4-13 cm
Ex Dr D.G. collection, Surrey, UK. Ex Kempton Park Fossils Fair.
