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LOT 1519
Stone Age Flint Tool Collection
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 YEARS B.P.
1 3/8 - 3 1/2 in. (253 grams total, 32-90 mm).
Comprising a core axe, two blade cores, a denticulate saw and an end scraper. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceThe core axe found Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, UK; and Culverwell, Portland Bill, Dorset, UK.
Ex Hampshire, UK, collection, 1970s.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page.
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Massive European Stone Age Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Substantial cleaver pre-form with rounded butt. 22 grams, 24.5 cm
Found continental Europe. Ex Victor Brox collection, UK, formed during the 1980s-1990s. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Preforms such as this unusually large and undamaged example were widely traded during Neolithic times and were a valuable commodity in communities which lacked suitable material for stone tool production. There has been research showing signs of wear from rubbing against cloth, suggesting that they might have been carried over long distances. -
Stone Age Animal Idol Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Comprising three carved and polished stone figurines, possibly representing bovines or pigs, with stylised heads and stub legs; each mounted on a custom-made stand. 952 grams total, 9.6-10.5 cm including stand
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. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Animal figurines seem to be a recurring feature in the earlier Neolithic settlements, in the Balkans and in the Levant. It is significant that in the Neolithic Mediterranean the depicted animals seem to be domesticated, thus suggesting that its reference points were within the confines of the community. -
Stone Age 'Spiennes' Flint Core Repurposed Axe
Neolithic Period, circa 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Biconvex in section with both ends rounded; old collector's legend 'SPIENNES' to one lateral edge. 409 grams, 14.5 cm
Found Spiennes, Belgium. Ex old French collection. Acquired prior to 2000. From a private Norfolk, UK, collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
