Stone Age Classic British Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Flint Handaxe

PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000 B.C.

7 1/4 in. (671 grams, 18.5 cm).

Triangular with broad rounded butt; with old inked inscription: 'Colchester Valley'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Colchester Valley, Essex, UK.
From a very old English collection based on the cabinet patination.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A., (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.1.

CONDITION

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