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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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Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe Group
Neolithic Period, 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Comprising three flake blades: one triangular with old inked inscription 'Mont St. Aignant / Briqueterie'; one triangular in section, leaf-shaped with old inked inscription 'St. Pierre les Elbeu[.] / Colo. G. Séhet'; One an irregular ellipsoid, triangular in section with old inked inscription 'Env. Rouen / Bné'. 275 grams total, 9.8-13.3 cm
From the collection of François Bigot (1950-2009). with Auction Art Rémy Le Fur & Associés, 28th September 2021, no.128. -
Stone Age Jasper Side Scraper from the Famed 'Fontmaure' Mousterian Site
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Trapezoidal in plan with vivid purple, opaque cream and carrot-yellow colours. 89 grams, 92 mm
Found Fontmaure, France. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s. From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023), formed in the 1980s-1990s. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector. -
Stone Age Arrowhead and Scraper Group
Neolithic Period, circa 3rd millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £59
Including narrow flint spearheads with barbs, D-shaped blades, pointed burins and other tools; the larger spearheads probable reproductions. 427 grams total, 3.3-14.5 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.
