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LOT 1506
Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper and Other Tool Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5500-4500 B.P.
1 5/8 - 2 1/2 in. (143 grams total, 40-62 mm).
Mainly ovate in plan, one with inked legend 'Countess A[...]dow, BDF Feb '91'. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Bagthorpe, Norfolk, UK, in the 1920s and earlier(?).
Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1506
Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper and Other Tool Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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French Stone Age 'Gravettian' Long Crested Blade
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 35,000-25,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Triangular in section with curvature along the full length of the blade. 56 grams, 13.3 cm
Found Dordogne, France. Ex M G Georgen collection. Mr Georgen built up a large collection during the mid 1900s and was sold at auction after his death. -
Large Stone Age 'Homo Heidelbergensis' Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-350,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Piriform in profile, in pastel cream patina with tones of sky-blue in contrast against the sandy orange colours of the remaining cortex; mounted on a custom-made stand. 590 grams, 15.5 cm (631 grams total, 17.5 cm)
Found Dordogne, France. Ex famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). From a private collection, acquired on the UK art market. -
French Stone Age 'Neanderthal' Handaxe with Fossil Echinoid
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 300,000-150,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Triangular in profile and biconvex in section with some cortex and embedded fossil to one face; mounted on a custom-made stand. 458 grams, 12.1 cm (516 grams total, 16 cm including stand)
Found Dordogne, France. From the collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), an amateur prehistorian and former member of the French Society of Prehistory and the Prehistoric Association of the South-West; also a Honorary Member of the Geological Club of Ile-de-France; his collection of flints formed between the 1950s and 1990s, and coming from Ile-de-France, Oise, Val-d’Oise and the Dordogne.
An extremely rare artefact due to the fossil Echinoid being retained on the front of the handaxe and utilised during its creation. Dual silky patina from being sat within nutrient-rich soil, which contrasts against the remaining golden orange cortex. Attributed to Neanderthal - Mousterian in the form of the Acheulean (MTA).
