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LOT 1507
Stone Age Knapped Flint Tool Group
MESOLITHIC TO NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/4 - 7 in. (668 grams, 10.8 - 18 cm).
Group of gouges and handaxes including a 'livre de beurre' core. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 5.33.
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Stone Age Polished Stone Handaxe
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
With gently curved cutting edge, shallow pointed butt. 426 grams, 17.8 cm
From a very old collection based on the cabinet patination. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
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Stone Age 'Swanscombe' Knapped Flint Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Triangular with broad rounded butt; with old inked inked label 'Callands Lane / Oct 1994 / CW'. 208 grams, 10.9 cm
Found Swanscombe, Kent, UK. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Axehead
Mesolithic Period, circa 15th-10th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Roughly rectangular core axe with rounded edge and small patch of cortex to one face. 208 grams, 15 cm
From a very old collection based on the cabinet patination. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
