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LOT 1603
Stone Age Flint Tool Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5000 B.P.
3/4 - 1 1/2 in. (21.89 grams total, 19-39 mm).
Knapped scrappers and other items in light brown to light grey flint. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Thames Valley in the 19th century.
From an antiquarian Palaeolithic study collection, Shropshire, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Stone Age Flint Knife
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Finely knapped on all four edge in light brown flint, with inked old collector's inscription to verso: 'ST ACRES / 136'. 26.7 grams, 57 mm
Found near Fakenham, Norfolk, UK. Ex collection of P James, South England. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Corded Ware Polished Battle Axehead
Neolithic Period, late 5th-early 4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,460
A large and finely formed boat-shaped axe in a dark diorite with asymmetric convex cutting edge tapering, with pronounced ridge to upper surface copying a bronze casting seam, to shouldered and rounded hammer-butt, pierced to receive handle with projecting socket to underside. 912 grams, 23 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12891-240326. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Chisel Blade
Neolithic Period, circa 5500-2200 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Flint blade of above-average length and slimness (so-called "hache-ciseau") with almost parallel sides and circular cross-section; rounded cutting edge, roughly hewn, blunt neck; longitudinal grinding marks from manufacture, surface polished towards cutting edge. 96 grams, 15.2 cm (198 grams total, 19 cm including stand)
Inscription on object: "247 48-11 Seine à Villeneuve St.Georges" Île-de-France. Private European collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
