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LOT 1500
Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 3/4 in. (376 grams, 17.3 cm).
Tongue-shaped in profile and lentoid in section with straight edge and broad pointed butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Tilemsi, Mali, Africa.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N192; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Stone Age Implement Group
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 450,000-200,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Including one triangular with inked find spot 'Taberlet / 57', one a cobble with inked 'Chappelle' and label with 'Fontsorbes'. 1.75 kg total, 11-12.5 cm
Triangular with inked findspot from the Lee Lewis collection. Grey implement from the Victor Brox collection, formed in France. Private collection, London. -
Stone Age Taillebourg Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 450,000-280,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Irregular triangular profile with broad cutting edge. 582 grams, 18 cm
Found Taillebourg, Charente, France. Ex Victor Brox collection, UK, formed during the 1980s-1990s. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
Stone Age Chatellerault Acheulean Bifacial Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 480,000-250,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With curved cutting edge and thick butt. 277 grams, 95 mm
Found Châtellerault, Vienne, Tour, France. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P46; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
