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LOT 1469
Stone Age British Polished Boat-Shaped Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 7/8 in. (476 grams, 12.5 cm).
With gently curved cutting edge, triangular in plan with eccentrically placed socket. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N182; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
The socket features an internal step where the grinding faces did not perfectly match.
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LOT 1469
Stone Age British Polished Boat-Shaped Axehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Stone Age Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Highly polished with broad convex cutting edge, body tapering to a narrow square butt. 288 grams, 11.8 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. -
Large Stone Age Knapped Brown Stone Axehead
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Ovate cleaver with large patch of cortex to one face. 1.17 kg, 19 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. -
Stone Age Acheulean Dark Red Quartzite 'Homo Erectus' Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 1,000,000-500,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
With rounded cutting edge. 452 grams, 11.4 cm
Found Northern Sahara. From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market. By descent to the current owner in 1988. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
