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LOT 1677
Stone Age French Knife Blade Collection
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 40,000-22,000 YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 - 2 7/8 in. (36 grams total, 64-72 mm).
Three parallel-sided blades in mottled honey-coloured flint. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Bergerac with the classic Bergerac patina.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
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.
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Stone Age Knapped Flint Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 200,000-100,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Symmetrically knapped with traces of retouching on both surfaces; piriform in plan with trimmed point, broad rounded butt; thick lentoid cross-section; roughly prepared working edges; yellowish-beige stone, superficial patina remaining. 587 grams, 15.4 cm
Ex Hervé Bouraly, Saint Ouen, France, between 1965-1990. Inscription on object: '1953. Champley (Yonne)'. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Collection of Stone Age Tools with Animal Teeth
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Possibly from organised archaeology digs: five flint scrapers marked 'BHM' and 'BHS' with dates in the 1980s; two boar tusks marked 'BHM' with dates in the 1980s; quantity of mammal teeth, some marked 'BHM' or 'BHS' 224 grams total, 35-77 mm
Probably found in the 1980s. From an old large English collection from Lincolnshire. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector. 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 Scraper Group
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mainly lentoid-section edged tools, one with inked legend 'Middle Brow B/R' '123'. 334 grams total, 68-85 mm
Found South Downs, Sussex, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection nos.N123,191,207 and 208; 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.
