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LOT 1238
Stone Age Flint Knife Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 - 4 in. (300 grams total, 5-10.2 cm).
Comprising twenty eight specimens with sharp cutting edges. [28, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
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Stone Age Knapped Flint Axe
Neolithic Period, 8th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Of thin lentoid section with convex cutting edge; showing milky patination to one side; likely of European origin. 87 grams, 97 mm
Private UK family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P R of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. -
Stone Age Polished Blackstone Axehead
Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £319
Of slender, wedge-shaped form with chamfered, convex cutting edge and angled butt. 289 grams, 20 cm
Private UK collection formed 1990s-2000s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Stone Age Part Polished Knapped Flint Axe
Neolithic Period, 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Wedge-shaped in plan with convex cutting edge and butt, ridge to one cheek; handwritten collector's identification notes to one face reading 'Bardouville Seine Martime, France'. 91 grams, 88 mm
Found Bardouville, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
