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LOT 0343
Stone Age Flint Bifacial 'Ficron' Handaxe from Swanscombe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 450,000-300,000 B.P
4 in. (227 grams, 10.4 cm).
Flint ficron in form with still-sharp cutting edges and the famous mottled patina from Barnfield Pit; old collector's label with '3/6'` legend.
Provenance
Found at Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe, Kent, UK.
From the collection of John Sharp, a former well known archaeologist.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0343
Stone Age Flint Bifacial 'Ficron' Handaxe from Swanscombe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
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Made by Neanderthals.
