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LOT 1675
Stone Age Flint Hand Axe and Tool Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
2 1/2 - 3 7/8 in (380 grams total, 66-98 mm).
Group of three lentoid-section tools each with a worked edge and irregular butt; one marked 'Naphill High Wycombe'. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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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Stone Age Perforated Polished Axe Blade
Neolithic Period, 5500-2400 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Polished and worked on all sides to a symmetrical, almost trapezoidal shape flaring slightly towards the curved cutting edge; slightly rounded neck; grey stone (flint) with lighter and darker, partly greenish hues; conical perforation formed from both faces; one fragment reattached. 403 grams, 16.2 cm
Ex Bernard Lemoine (b.1937), Normandie. French art market, 2022. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Including a sidescraper and a plano-convex slug knife, with inked legend 'N8-80'; '39', 'N12-105', '1972'; '40', 'N12-106', '1972'. 22.9 grams total, 24-58 mm
N105 & 106 acquired from Martin Green in 1972. N.80 acquired from M.Younge and found in the Feltwell area of Norfolk, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
British Stone Age Flint Scraper Group
Circa 4th-3rd millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Both ovate in profile with broad butt; one marked 'BA1-3', 'M.G.Dorset' and the other 'BA1-2' '260'. 55 grams total, 43-52 mm
Found Verwood area, N.E. Dorset, UK. Acquired from Martin Green in 1974. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection nos.BA1-2, 1-3; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.