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LOT 1596
Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4500-3500 B.P.
1 5/8 in. (5.18 grams, 42 mm).
Barbed and tanged type with square ends to the tang. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a late Buckinghamshire gentleman, formed from the 1960s.
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LOT 1596
Stone Age Knapped Arrowhead
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Lower Palaeolithic, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ovate axe with an old collection sticker on one side and an inked collector's note 'France. Rosehill Coll.'; repaired. 445 grams, 13.4 cm
From France (according to inscription). The Rosehill Collection of the Rt Hon David Carnegie (1865-1921), 10th Earl of Northesk (according to inscription), and likely sold at the sale of his collection at Christie's, London, 14-17 July 1924. Collection of Michel C. Vaes (1934-2024), Belgium, formed 1960s-90s. Accompanied by a copy of EU Licence no.2026 DMF 0436. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6th century B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Biconvex in section and tongue-shaped with narrow rounded butt, polished surface. 94 grams, 10.6 cm
By repute, found Lincolnshire, UK. -
French Stone Age Solutrean Knapped Flint Blade - Ex Sir Arthur Evans
Upper Palaeolithic Period, 22,000-17,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Light grey stone mottled with blue, with a gently curving blade and some cortex on the upper edge. 24.4 grams, 89 mm
Found at Fourneau du Diable, Bourdielles Dordogne, an important Upper Palaeolithic prehistoric rock shelter. Ex Sir Arthur John Evans (1851–1941), British archaeologist and son of Sir John Evans (1823-1908). Ex Henry Dewey (1876–1965), a prominent British geologist and archaeologist who made seminal contributions to the study of the Palaeolithic period. Ex R Richard Widdowson, a well-known UK-based antiquities specialist who owned the gallery 'Ancient Times' in Scarborough in Southern England. Ex J Weston Smith. Accompanied by an illustrated collector's information card.
