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LOT 1741
Stone Age British Worked Flint Core Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 1/4 - 2 3/8 in. (406 grams total, 32-61 mm).
With faceted surfaces from which the blades have been struck. [12, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on various sites in North East Essex, UK, since 1983.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Stone Age Twydall Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
With catalogue description '1111 Semi discoidal scraper'; inked collector's legend '4.SS. 1111.C/Twydall'. 149 grams, 77 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall and a list where this piece is included. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Thick-Butted Polished Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 5500-2200 B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £225
Worked on all sides to a slightly asymmetrical profile with rectangular cross-section; irregular butt and rounded cutting edge, sides knapped but not polished; butt roughly retouched on surface and edges for attachment of the haft; edge chipped; light grey flint with darker and lighter hues and white spots and patches. 411 grams, 15.2 cm
Hervé Bouraly, Paris, between 1965-1974. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00134589. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age French Aurignacian Scrapers in Chalcedony
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 40,000-28,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Lentoid in section, struck from white chalcedony with pale orange patina from iron in the mineral environment; one with feint inked findspot data 'Grattoir Aurignacien St Alla [.] Charriere'. 65 grams total, 57-62 mm
Found in the Dordogne, France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collections of J.R Vircoulon and of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
