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LOT 1568
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Scraper
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P.
3 3/8 in. (124 grams, 87 mm).
Ovate in plan with a rounded blade, inked collection notes '3999/1/28' '1827. SNC 3.84 WGS', and a pencilled note '1237' on the other side. [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 1568
Stone Age Clactonian Flint Scraper
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Upper Palaeolithic Period, 22,000-17,000 B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Long, thin awl made from a blade, the tip slightly dulled and the base thin and irregular. 3.99 grams, 59 mm
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Very Large African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ovate handaxe in dark and light brown stone; repaired. 1.41 kg, 25.8 cm
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African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ovate in plan with a curving blade and a narrow butt. 370 grams, 14.5 cm
From Central Sahara, Africa. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s by Dr J Fehkhaber. Acquired on the European art market.
