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LOT 1216
Stone Age Flint Implement Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 - 3 7/8 in. (608 grams total, 37-98 mm).
Comprising a group of mixed stone implements, mostly in flint or chert and knapped, including blades, scrapers and points; some broken and probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. [31, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Stone Age Quartzite Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1.5-1.0 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Knapped bifacial hand axe of neat form with slightly rounded butt and pointed tip; with old inked 'SOMALI / Seton Karr / Coll. / K' label and a 2020 printed auction 'Part Lot 1851' label; with custom-made display stand. 290 grams total, 12.5 cm including stand
Found North Africa. Ex Seton Karr collection. -
Stone Age French Ficron Handaxe in Pink Quartzite
Palaeolithic Period, circa 300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Knapped, with a bulbous head and slender tapering butt. 307 grams, 13.6 cm
From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector. -
Stone Age Twydall Flint Proto Cleaver Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Formed on a heavy triangular cross-section flake with one edge trimmed; with inked collection number: '4K.1096.C / TWYDALL'. 310 grams, 10.1 cm
Found Twydall, 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. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
