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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 Unfinished Axehead in Gabroic Stone
Neolithic Period, circa 4000-2300 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A complete ground axehead sub-ovate in plan, narrower at the butt end with a rounded curve to the cutting edge, ovate section. 400 grams, 10 cm
Found Bainton, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-3BAD47. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The unpolished nature of the object suggests it was not properly finished. -
Stone Age Twydall Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With catalogue description '1151 Borer - point on distal end'; inked collector's legend '2.PB. 1151.C/Twydall'. 90 grams, 77 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. 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. -
Large Stone Age Polished Stone Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Lentoid in section with broad square butt and curved edge, finely polished. 594 grams, 18.5 cm
From an old Parisian collection. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
