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LOT 1535
Stone Age 'Fontmaure Jasper' Blade, Piercers and Scraper Group
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
1 5/8 - 2 in. (72 grams total, 42-52 mm).
Group of well-made examples of the Mousterian tool set, with the vivid colours; one with inked find spot legend '1970 / Fontmaure'. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Fontmaure, France, in 1970.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
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LOT 1535
Stone Age 'Fontmaure Jasper' Blade, Piercers and Scraper Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Stone Age Levallois Flint Knife
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Thin knife-scraper from Lascaux, France; with inked type and find spot 'éclat Levallois' and ''plateau de / Lascaux Le fourdon / 1966'. 105 grams, 10.5 cm
Found Lascaux, France, in 1966. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). -
Stone Age Le Monchel Flint Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 4th-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising a discoid scraper and triangular piercing tool, with some remains of cortex; each with inked find spot 'Le Monchel'. 291 grams total, 7.4-12.2 mm
Found Le Monchel, France. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection of French artefacts acquired prior to 2000. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
Stone Age British Bifacial Flint Axehead
Late Mesolithic Period, circa 8000-6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Triangular in section with rounded butt, straight cutting edge; beautiful example with fine knapping. 216 grams, 12.7 cm
Possibly found Lincolnshire, UK. Acquired Birmingham, UK, on 12th January 2003. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.M194; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
