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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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Stone Age Thick-Butted Knapped Axe Head
Nordic Neolithic Period, circa 4000-2000 B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £160
Dressed on all faces, symmetrical in profile with elongated, trapezoidal plan and rectangular cross-section; slightly curved broad sides, slanting neck with slightly rounded cutting edge; narrow faces with traces of retouching, broad faces partly polished at forward end, rear retouched for attachment of the haft; grey flint (silex), marbled in various shades of grey. 663 grams, 18 cm
Ex Dr Siegfried Zimmer, circa 1950. -
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Chopper
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rounded blade and cortex-covered butt, old inked collection numbers 'SNC 9.60 W.G.S' and 3968/1/28', and a pencilled note '150.9' to the other side. 152 grams, 79 mm
Previously 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. -
Danish Neolithic Polished Axe
Neolithic Period, circa 3500-3000 B.P.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Rectangular in section, with squared butt and slightly curved edge; polished on all four faces with superb orange patina. 560 grams, 14.7 cm
From the estate of artist Holger Karlsson, Trollhatte, Sweden. Acquired in Stockholm, Sweden. Accompanied by a copy of a Swedish National Heritage Board export permit.
