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LOT 1555
Stone Age 'Fontmaure Jasper' Tool Group
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 250,000-60,000 B.C.
3 1/2 - 4 1/8 in. (253 grams total, 8.9-10.4 cm).
Cordate in plan, each with some cortex to surface. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Fontmaure, France.
Ex Victor Brox collection, UK, formed during the 1980s-1990s.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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Stone Age Long Gravettian Flint Point
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 40,000-20,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With fine retouching; a very well made example of this rare type; with inked findspot legend 'La Vergne / Carlux / 24 / JAV' and old collector's label '[...] Carlux / Dordogne'. 78 grams, 10.3 cm
Found La Vergne, Carlux, France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). -
Stone Age Bifacial 'Fontmaure Jasper' Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Large and colourful D-shaped triangular-section handaxe; with inked find spot legend 'Fontmaure (85) / 10.5.68 / Col 'DUBOE SP'. 283 grams, 90 mm
Found Fontmaure, France, in 1968. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). -
Stone Age Flint Scraper
Neolithic Period, 8500-6500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Cordate in plan with cortex to upper face. 69 grams, 67 mm
Found in Southampton, 1997. Private collection, London.
