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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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Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
With a flat underside and a slender, elongated drill bit. 9.64 grams, 52 mm
From the private collection of the late Mr M., a collector from Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK; late 1980s-early 1990s. -
African Stone Age Flint and Other Knapped Blade Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of various blades, flakes and implements, an old handwritten note 'Escargotiere du Khanguet el-mouhad, found 27 3 43'. 250 grams total, 18-90 mm, box: 11.2 x 8.3 mm
From Khanget el-Mouhad, Algeria, 27 March 1943. From a private collection. In an old 'Tea Ration' tin accompanied by an old slip of paper with handwritten provenance. -
Stone Age Pierced Boat-Shaped Axehead
Neolithic Period, 4th millennium B.P.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
Boat-shaped in plan with central drilling; domed hammer-face to butt, carination to each broad face. 656 grams, 14.8 cm
Acquired in the 1996. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
