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LOT 1555
Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
PALAEOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000-6,000 B.P.
3/8 - 2 1/4 in. (254 grams total including box, 10-58 mm).
Mixed group of points, scrapers and other tools embedded in a foam matrix for transportation. [16, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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AUCTIONS:
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British Stone Age Bifacial Classic Ficron Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-300,000 B.PSold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
A massive symmetrical piriform hand-axe with cream-coloured cortex, flattened hand edge, and tapering body to a small blade point. 730 grams, 18.5 cm
Found Fareham, Hampshire, UK, circa 1961-1962, by the vendor when he was 16 years old.
This superb specimen fits the adult male hand perfectly, 'like a glove'. -
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Stone Age Neanderthal Period Cave Bear Tooth Pendant
2.5 million-10,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
A bear's fang drilled for suspension for use as a pendant. 103 grams, 11.7 cm
From the private family collection of a lady, UK; acquired in Germany mid 20th century. -
Large Belgian Stone Age Wide Flint Core
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Sturdy tongue-shaped core with parallel facets to one face, cortex to reverse. 676 grams, 14.9 cm
Found Spiennes, Belgium. From an old Paris collection. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes.
