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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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Stone Age Large French White Flint Adze
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Inscribed in black ink to the reverse: 'WANEL'. 846 grams, 18 cm
Found Wanel, France. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector. -
Stone Age Twydall Flint Scraper Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Formed on a slightly curved flake with one sharpened convex edge; with inked collection number: '1.1343 / .TWYDALL'. 73 grams, 84 mm
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 Implement Group
Neolithic, circa 4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Composed of scrapers, blades and other implements. 542 grams total, 36-80 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
