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LOT 1613
Stone Age Homo Erectus Stone Cleaver
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
5 3/4 in. (562 grams, 14.8 cm without stand).
Broadly linguiform with thick rounded butt; marked '26576'; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom North Africa.
Part of a French collection built up in the mid 1900s, and sold via a European auction house.
Acquired from Mr P.M., Kent, UK.
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British Stone Age Flint Blades from Farnham
Mesolithic Period, circa 12,000-8,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Group of three microliths, linguiform in plan. 5.26 grams total, 36-41 mm
Found Farnham, Surrey, UK, in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent.
After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house. -
Stone Age Thick-Butted Knapped Axe Head
Nordic Neolithic Period, circa 4000-2000 B.P.Estimate: £350 - 550 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £180
Dressed on all faces, symmetrical in profile with elongated, trapezoidal plan and rectangular cross-section; slightly curved broad sides, slanting neck with slightly rounded cutting edge; narrow faces with traces of retouching, broad faces partly polished at forward end, rear retouched for attachment of the haft; grey flint (silex), marbled in various shades of grey. 663 grams, 18 cm
Ex Dr Siegfried Zimmer, circa 1950. -
Stone Age Flint Core
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Large lenticular-section and ovate in plan with inked legend 'Le Tillet-Vauharlin près La Ferté s/ Jouarre S.et M.'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 350 grams, 13.7 cm without stand
Found Le Tillet, Vallharlin, France. From a collection purchased on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
