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LOT 1628
Stone Age Flint Debitage Group
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-300,000 B.P. OR LATER
2 5/8 - 3 1/2 in. (255 grams total, 66-86 mm).
Comprising one debitage and possibly one natural, each with two inked collection notes, one with 'SNC 11.81 W.G.S.' and '4078/1/28' and a pencilled note '91.9' to the other side, the other with 'SNC 7.80 W.G.S.' and '4266/1/28'. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously in several old collections, having been annotated with two different accession numbers.
Acquired from an Oxfordshire, UK, auction house.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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LOT 1628
Stone Age Flint Debitage Group
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Stone Age Pecked Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With a curved blade and a narrow, rounded butt. 540 grams, 13.9 cm
From the late collection of gentleman from Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK, whose collection was formed from the late 1980s-early 1990s. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Sickle Knife
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Curved body with some serrations on the upper edge, inked collector's note 'Nr Thetford' on one side. 71 grams, 13.9 cm
Found near Thetford, UK. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
British Stone Age Part Polished Knapped Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Tongue-shaped in plan with a broad, curved cutting edge. 92.9 grams, 10.8 cm
Found in Suffolk in the 1980s by a field walker. Acquired on the UK art market in the 2020s. From a private collection.