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LOT 1596
Stone Age Green Stone Polished Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
2 7/8 in. (93 grams, 72 mm).
With rounded butt and curved edge; old collector's inked legend 'Te / St. Vincent / 07'; chipped. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound St. Vincent.
Acquired in Oxford, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N162; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Stone Age Double-Sided Axehead
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Opening Bid: £400
Boat-shaped in plan with central drilling; small chip to on edge; mounted on a custom-made stand. 738 grams total including stand, axehead: 18.2 cm
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Stone Age Buigny Flint Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 4th-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Large plano-convex tool with cortex to upper face and smaller tool with rounded edge; each with inked find spot 'Buigny'. 148 grams total, 54-79 mm
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Large Stone Age Bifacial Flint 'Lancelot' Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
A large and substantial handaxe with glossy mottled patina. 708 grams, 18 cm
Found in the Somme region of Northern France. From the collection of amateur archaeologist Mr M. Allais, formed in the mid-1900s. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
The 'Lancelot' form is well regarded as a typology of handaxes from the Lower Palaeolithic.
