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LOT 1731
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Cleaver
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P. OR LATER
4 5/8 in. (355 grams, 11.7 cm).
Ovate in plan with a rounded cutting edge, possibly natural, two old collection notes 'S.N.C. 1.82 WGS' and '3977/1/28'. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in several old collections, having been annotated with two 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 1731
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Cleaver
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Very Large Spiennies Stone Age Long Knapped Flint Blade
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Curved slender blade with grey-white patina, small iron deposit to one end. 48.9 grams, 19.4 cm
From the world-renowned and now a world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes, France. From the UK art market. Accompanied by three illustrated collector's information pages. -
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Scraper
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular in plan with a rounded butt, two inked collection numbers '1840 SNC 3.82' and 'WGS 4000/1/28'. 63.7 grams, 63 mm
Previously in several old Stone Age tool collections, having been annotated with two different accession numbers. Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. -
North American Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead Group
Archaic Woodland Period, circa 2500-1900 B.P. or laterEstimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two tanged arrowheads and two barbed. 28.5 grams total, 41-55 mm
From a previous old English collection. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector; acquired from a UK auction house.
