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LOT 1713
Stone Age French Aurignacian Scrapers in Chalcedony
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 40,000-28,000 B.P.
2 1/4 - 2 3/8 in. (65 grams total, 57-62 mm).
Lentoid in section, struck from white chalcedony with pale orange patina from iron in the mineral environment; one with feint inked findspot data 'Grattoir Aurignacien St Alla [.] Charriere'. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in the Dordogne, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collections of J.R Vircoulon and of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
Acquired on the European 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.
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Stone Age Flint Blade Core
Mesolithic Period, 14,000-8,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
With facetting where blade-flakes have been removed; inked legend 'M14-137'. 66.1 grams, 62 mm
Found Lodge Hill North Side, Waddesdon Buckinghamshire, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.M14; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age British Flint Bifacial Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Lanceolate form with sharp edges, broad butt; marked with findspot and date. 176 grams, 11.7 cm
Found at Luzboro Hill, Romsey, England, UK, on the 7 February 1936. From a former private UK collector. 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 Polished Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 3rd-2nd millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising an axehead with chamfered edge and square butt, and a polished column with pierced head. 237 grams total, 74-86 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
