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LOT 1584
Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.P.
4 1/4 in. (94 grams, 10.6 cm).
Biconvex in section and tongue-shaped with narrow rounded butt, polished surface.
ProvenanceBy repute, found Lincolnshire, UK.
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LOT 1584
Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£40 (EUR 46; USD 54) +BP*
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Stone Age Knapped Flint Drill
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.P. or laterEstimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With a narrow tapering point and a rounded butt, possibly a replica. 18.7 grams, 85 mm
From a previous old English collection. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector; acquired from a UK auction house. -
African Stone Age Flint and Other Knapped Blade Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of various blades, flakes and implements, an old handwritten note 'Escargotiere du Khanguet el-mouhad, found 27 3 43'. 250 grams total, 18-90 mm, box: 11.2 x 8.3 mm
From Khanget el-Mouhad, Algeria, 27 March 1943. From a private collection. In an old 'Tea Ration' tin accompanied by an old slip of paper with handwritten provenance. -
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French Stone Age Solutrean Knapped Flint Leaf Point - Ex Sir Arthur Evans
Upper Palaeolithic Period, 22,000-17,000 B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triangular, flat point of grey-brown flint, one blade is slightly excurvate, and the other excurvated at the terminal end, the base broken straight across. 15.5 grams, 56 mm
Found in Les Eyries Cave, Dordogne, France. Received in a Museum exchange in 1900. 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 envelope and two collector's information cards.
