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LOT 1252
Stone Age French Mottled Grey Flint Twisted Cordiform Handaxe
MOUSTERIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000-100,000 B.P.
3 3/4 in. (155 grams, 96 mm).
Inscribed in black ink to the reverse: 'DURY / (SOMME)'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Dury, Somme, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
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LOT 1252
Stone Age French Mottled Grey Flint Twisted Cordiform Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall. -
Stone Age French Grey Flint Uniface Handaxe
Mousterian Period, circa 300,000-100,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Inscribed in black ink to the reverse: 'CHEVRIERE / OISE'. 112 grams, 10.8 cm
Found Chevriere Oise, France. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector. -
Stone Age Danish Brown Flint Sickle Knife
Neolithic Period, 6th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Inked inscriptions to the reverse in black: 'Denmark / Ex-Richard Britton / 7-13' and 'HOX'. 51 grams, 10.3 cm
The property of Richard Britton. From a U.S.A. private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
