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LOT 1554
Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000 B.P.
1 3/8 - 2 7/8 in. (97 grams total, 36-73 mm).
Mainly scrapers of various sizes, some with inked accession number. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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French Stone Age 'Gravettian' Long Crested Blade
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 35,000-25,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Triangular in section with curvature along the full length of the blade. 56 grams, 13.3 cm
Found Dordogne, France. Ex M G Georgen collection. Mr Georgen built up a large collection during the mid 1900s and was sold at auction after his death. -
Danish Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, 7th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
With narrow pointed butt, chamfered edge. 43 grams, 64 mm
Found Isle of Zealand, Denmark. Formerly acquired in the late 1950s. From the family collection of a South East London collector. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Large Stone Age Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With straight tapering sides, broad edge and narrow butt. 770 grams, 19 cm
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.