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LOT 2992
Stone Age Knapped Black Stone Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
5 in. (211 grams, 12.8 cm).
Lentoid in section and ovate in plan with smooth surface and corrugated edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham; who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.
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LOT 2992
Stone Age Knapped Black Stone Axe
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Stone Age Fontmaure Jasper Neanderthal Long Blade Scraper
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Blade with parallel sides, concave area with re-touch, naturally backed for grip. 134 grams, 13.5 cm
Found Fontmaure, Vienne department, France. Ex collection of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). Acquired on the UK art market at auction after being sold by Mr Brox’s family. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
Made by Neanderthal. From the well-regarded site of Fontmaure -
County Antrim Stone Age Polished Handaxe Blade
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Tongue-shaped with a tapering blade and a flat butt, hadwritten label reading 'Coll. Rev. E.R.Buick, LL.D., FRSAI, MRIA, 9 Culleybackey, (1905)' and 'Gortfad, near Portglenone, Co., Antrim, Ireland'. 165 grams, 68 mm
Found Gortfad, near Portglenone, Co Antrim, Ireland. From the collection of Rev.G.R.Buick LL.D., FRSAI, MRIA of Culley Backey, 1905. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 84 grams total, 19-35 mm
Ex UK gallery, early 2000s.
