Loading, please wait...
LOT 1465
Stone Age Hand Axe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 300,000 YEARS B.P.
4 3/8 in. (318 grams, 11 cm).
Thick and leaf-shaped with rounded butt and broad cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Morocco / Algerian border.
Ex UK collection.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
-
Large Stone Age Knapped Brown Stone Axehead
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Ovate cleaver with large patch of cortex to one face. 1.17 kg, 19 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 Arrowhead and Blade Group
Neolithic, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Two scaphoid and plano-convex in section, one barbed and tanged. 26 grams total, 43-90 mm
Old French collection. Private collection, London. -
Stone Age Large Jasper Knife
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Knapped knife blade, triangular in section with cortex to butt. 86 grams, 95 mm
Found Fontmaure, France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
