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LOT 1208
Stone Age English Acheulean Bifacial Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000 B.P.
5 1/8 in. (393 grams, 13.1 cm).
Knapped and broadly plano-convex in section. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound field walking in Sailsbury, Wiltshire, UK.
From an English private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
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To the obverse an inked inscription in white: 'CC-70539', and to verso inked inscriptions in black: Denmark / Ex-Richard / Britton / 7-13' and 'HYY'. 61 grams, 14.6 cm
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Stone Age Upnor Flint Multiple Implement
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Formed on a keeled flake with trimming at edges forming crude scraping elements and a boring point; with inked collection number: 'Upnor 42'. 164 grams, 75 mm
Found Upnor, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. -
Large Stone Age Belgian Flint Implement Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 8,000-6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Comprising: large blade cores (4); long blade flakes (3) and a finely knapped slender axe with convex cutting edge tapering to a near pointed butt; most with inked 'Spiennes' findspot note and with eleven inked and typed paper tickets giving details, some dated to 1950s. 3.5 kg total, 14 - 23 cm
Found Spiennes, Belgium French private collection. French export certificate no.231265 issued on 05/01/2022, EU licence 2022DMF0651.
The blade cores and blades are very similar in form and size to the famous 'livres de beurre' examples found at Grand Pressigny, France.
