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LOT 1608
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Axehead
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
4 5/8 in. (177 grams, 11.8 cm).
Piriform in plan with a rounded butt, two inked collection notes 'SNC 7.81 WGS' and '4168/1/28' and a pencilled note '1760'. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in several old Stone Age tool collections, having been annotated with three different accession numbers.
Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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LOT 1608
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Axehead
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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French Stone Age Solutrean Knapped Flint Blade - Ex Sir Arthur Evans
Upper Palaeolithic Period, 22,000-17,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Light grey stone mottled with blue, with a gently curving blade and some cortex on the upper edge. 24.4 grams, 89 mm
Found at Fourneau du Diable, Bourdielles Dordogne, an important Upper Palaeolithic prehistoric rock shelter. Ex Sir Arthur John Evans (1851–1941), British archaeologist and son of Sir John Evans (1823-1908). Ex Henry Dewey (1876–1965), a prominent British geologist and archaeologist who made seminal contributions to the study of the Palaeolithic period. Ex R Richard Widdowson, a well-known UK-based antiquities specialist who owned the gallery 'Ancient Times' in Scarborough in Southern England. Ex J Weston Smith. Accompanied by an illustrated collector's information card. -
Framed African Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic-Bronze Age Period, circa 6,000-4,000 B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of various types, including barbed, swallowtail-type, tanged, and others; set in a glazed box frame. 1.14 kg total, 35.5 x 35.5 cm includimg frame
From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
British Stone Age Knapped and Polished Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With a gently curving blade and square butt, old inked collector's note ' Lizard Walk, Wymondham, Norfolk' on one side. 78 grams, 11.4 cm
Found Lizard Walk, Wymondham, Norfolk, UK. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
