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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 Green Stone Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
With rounded butt and curved edge; old collector's inked legend 'Te / St. Vincent / 07'; chipped. 93 grams, 72 mm
Found 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. -
Stone Age French Polished Green Stone Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £169
Slender with a narrow rounded butt and shallow cutting edge; chipped; old collector's label 'H Veysie, F[rance]'. 369 grams, 16.5 cm
Believed to be ex H. Veysie collection, France. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N187; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Stone Age 'Fontmaure Jasper' Blade, Piercers and Scraper Group
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Group of well-made examples of the Mousterian tool set, with the vivid colours; one with inked find spot legend '1970 / Fontmaure'. 72 grams total, 42-52 mm
Found Fontmaure, France, in 1970. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).