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LOT 1511
Stone Age Hammer Stone
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/4 in. (643 grams, 11.9 cm).
Trapezoidal in section with slightly domed pounding face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. MacGregor, A., (ed.) Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987,
item 6.23.
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Stone Age Scrapers from Various locations of France Including Lamondie and Larlux
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 28,000-22,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Marked 'Poligny/2915', 'Lamonie.24 / Montgetell 3.7.68', 'La Vergne Larlux /24/JRV', 'Vengues/57'. 180 grams total, 67-88 mm
Found France. Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s. From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023), formed in the 1980s-1990s. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector. -
Stone Age Boat-Shaped Pierced Axehead and 'Orkney' Macehead
Neolithic Period, 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Substantial axehead with hammer face to rear; the macehead with old inked inscription: '84.277 / ORKNEY'. 3.65 kg total, 12.3-19.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Knapped Ovate Knife Group
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Each with carefully knapped cutting; three discoid and one lozengiform. 107 grams total, 51-55 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
