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LOT 1508
Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
PALAEOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000-6,000 B.P.
7/8 - 2 5/8 in. (199 grams total, 23-66 mm).
Including scrapers, other tools, and debutage. [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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Stone Age Neanderthal Knapped Quartzite Scraper Group
Mousterian Period, circa 80,000-40,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £10
Irregular scraper group, each with a knapped cutting edge. 232 grams total, 62-87 mm
Found Bois du Rocher, St. Helen, Dinan, France. From an old French collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
French Stone Age Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Biconvex in section with broad butt, rounded tip. 234 grams, 12.4 cm
Found Bois du Vernay, Rigny-sur-Arroux, France. From a collection built in the mid 1900s. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. -
Stone Age Tenerian Pecked Celt Axe
Neolithic Period, circa 9000-7000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
With round-section broad butt flaring to a curved cutting edge. 217 grams, 71 mm
Ex French collection formed 1960s-1970s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
