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LOT 1466
Stone Age Flint Scrapers with Reproduction Axes and Spearheads
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.-20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 8 1/2 in. (516 grams total, 3-21.5 cm).
Group of genuine flint scrapers accompanied by modern axe and spearhead types. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1970s onwards.
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LOT 1466
Stone Age Flint Scrapers with Reproduction Axes and Spearheads
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Stone Age 'Somme' Grey Speckled White Knapped Flint Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 240,000- 38,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
With broad rounded butt, D-shaped in section, some cortex at butt. 210 grams, 10.5 cm
Found in the Somme Region, France. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector. -
Stone Age 'Calvados' Flaked Axe
Neolithic Period, circa 8000-3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Triangular in section with broad cutting edge, old collector's label 'Hache Taillée / Roche Gréseuse / L14cm. Néolithique / Calvados / 8000 à 3000 AJC / Homo Sapiens Sapiens' 297 grams, 13.5 cm
Found Calvados, France. -
Stone Age Fatjanovo Culture Battle Axehead
Neolithic Period, late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
A finely polished boat-shaped axe in dark grey stone, with expanded asymmetric convex cutting edge tapering to a 'hammer' butt, drilled to receive handle. 850 grams, 18 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
