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LOT 1709
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe and End Scraper
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
3 5/8 - 4 3/8 in. (462 grams total, 9.3-11.2 cm).
Handaxe lentoid in section with broad edge; blade tongue-shaped with inked findspot 'Morocco-Algeria Border'. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Morocco / Algeria border, North Africa.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
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 1709
Stone Age 'Homo Erectus' Quartzite Acheulean Handaxe and End Scraper
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Stone Age Flint Hand Axe and Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Group of three lentoid-section tools each with a worked edge and irregular butt; one marked 'Naphill High Wycombe'. 380 grams total, 66-98 mm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; 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 British Twydall Flint Tool
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With small area of cortex to the butt; an old inked inscription: '10.46.1036.A Twydall'. 93 grams, 74 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Knapped Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 800,000-100,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Symmetrically worked flint handaxe with traces of retouching on both surfaces; lanceolate shape with narrow butt, rounded edge, roughly tooled working edges; old inked inscription "Pressigny / Le Grand/ Le Carroi". 102 grams, 12.7 cm (294 grams total, 16 cm including stand)
Ex Dalomba, France, prior to 1930. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
