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LOT 1509
Stone Age 'Calvados' Flaked Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8000-3000 B.C.
5 1/4 in. (297 grams, 13.5 cm).
Triangular in section with broad cutting edge, old collector's label 'Hache Taillée / Roche Gréseuse / L14cm. Néolithique / Calvados / 8000 à 3000 AJC / Homo Sapiens Sapiens' [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Calvados, France.
LiteratureCf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.4, for type.
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Stone Age Tool and Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 3rd millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £78
Including miniature pointed tools, discoid scrapers and other tools, mounted on stands. 127 grams total, 16-60 mm
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. -
Very Large Stone Age 'Livre de Beurre' Cleaver
Neolithic Period, circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Substantial core from which flakes have been struck; triangular in section with broad point in relation to the butt; with inked inscription to one side: 'NILE'. 2.170 kg, 26 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 Knapped Flint Handaxe Group
Neolithic Period, 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: triangular flint blade broken at butt with old inked inscription 'Arment./ZC.6'; irregular curved cleaver, triangular in section with old inked inscription 'Arment./ZC.7', cortex remaining to the reverse; triangular flint blade with straight butt and old inked inscriptions 'Verneuil / J4.137.5' and '73.4'; long flake blade with applied sticker 'D', old inked inscription 'Verneuil / J4.141.N' and 'D.'. 392 grams total, 8.3-12.4 cm
From the collection of François Bigot (1950-2009). with Auction Art Rémy Le Fur & Associés, 28th September 2021.
'Arment.' in these inscriptions may refer to Armentières on the Franco-Belgian border.
