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LOT 1613
Stone Age 'French' Tool Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 3/4 - 3 in. (115 grams total, 45-74 mm).
Comprising: grey flint woodworking tool with label 'tranchet / travail du bois / Néolithique / 3500 ans'; ovate scraper with label 'Grattoir / Néolithique / 4000 ans avant J.C. / Région Meaux'; small hair-scraper with label 'Magdalénian / Les Eyzies Dord. / Grattoir / Travail des peaux'. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound various sites in France.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; 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.
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Stone Age Part Polished Flint Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
A well made, part polished example with beautiful colours. 116 grams, 11.6 cm
Found Ventoupe, France. From an old large French collection. 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 Arrowhead Group
Neolithic, 8th-4th millennium BCSold for (Inc. bp): £85
A group of thirty barbed Neolithic light tan chert arrowheads. 23 grams total, 14-28mm
Fine condition.
From the Petra Berhout collection; previously in a 1930s Dutch collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; 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 Mousterian Point
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000- 60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Knapped light grey flint with partial cortex handle with old inked collector's inscription to verso: '16 St Front'. 63.6 grams, 87 mm
Found St Front, France. From a large French collection built in the early 1900s. 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.
