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LOT 1724
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
4 3/8 in. (371 grams, 11 cm).
With rounded butt and broad cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Northern Sahara.
From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market.
By descent to the current owner in 1988.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 1724
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Dark Red Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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Stone Age English Flint Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 4th-3rd millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Mainly barbed and tanged types, with find spots. 4.23 grams total, 17-33 mm
Found Dorset/Hampshire, UK. Ex N. Thomas collection, 1970s-1980s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Bifacial Flint Hand Axe
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Ovate in profile with carefully worked edge; old collector's label '14 145'. 131 grams, 91 mm
Found possibly Scarborough area, North Yorkshire, UK. Acquired Oxford, UK, November 2002. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N145; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Humid Phase Flint Arrowheads, Points and Scrapers
Mesolithic-Neolithic Period, 12,000-4,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Including lanceolate, barbed-and-tanged, triangular-section and other types. 120 grams total, 18-53 mm
Found Mali, North Africa. From a collection formed during the 1970s-1980s and acquired on the British art market. By descent to the current owner in 1988. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
