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LOT 0268
Stone Age French Variegated Grey Flint Limande Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000 B.P.
6 in. (408 grams, 15.3 cm).
Knapped with a rounded butt and convex cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection established since the 1950s.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
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LOT 0268
Stone Age French Variegated Grey Flint Limande Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Stone Age Twydall Flint Flake Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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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.
