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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 'Homo Heidelbergensis' Colourful Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-350,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Cordate in profile with deep orange, yellow and purple glossy patina; mounted on a custom-made stand. 239 grams, 99 mm (282 grams total, 12.1 cm including stand)
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.
Attributed to Homo Heidelbergensis. -
Large Stone Age Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With straight tapering sides, broad edge and narrow butt. 770 grams, 19 cm
From a collection built in the mid 1900s. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. -
Published French Stone Age Arrowhead Group
Neolithic-Early Bronze Age Period, circa 6000-4000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Mounted on a board in a square wooden frame with old collector's label 'Henouville 1951 MA'. 222 grams total, 19.6 x 19.5 cm including frame
Found Henouville, France, in 1951, by a Mr M A. From an old collection. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
