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LOT 1471
Stone Age Flint and Other Tool Collection
MAINLY NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1 1/4 - 4 1/2 in. (22 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.) (3.35 kg total including case, 3.5-11.5 cm (case:57 x 36.5 x 6 cm)).
Including scrapers, burins, arrowheads and other items; in a glazed wooden display case with removable lid, green baize lining. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
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Very Large Stone Age 'Abbevilleien' Caramel and Burnt-Orange Knapped Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 600,000-400,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Substantial flint pointed tool with much cortex remaining. 1.12 kg, 20 cm
Found by the Somme River at Abbeville, France. From an old French collection formed in the early 1900s. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
Abbervillien in style - a phase of the Olduwan that occured in Europe dated to 600,000 to 400,000 years ago. -
Stone Age Sahara Speckled Stone Axehead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Including one D-shaped with angled cutting edge, one with acute facets forming the edge, and other types. 355 grams total, 40-69 mm
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Stone Age 'Salisbury' Knapped Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 480,000-250,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Irregular ovate form with cortex remaining, broad knapped edge. 744 grams, 15.5 cm
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