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LOT 1704
Stone Age Knapped Flint Tool Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-2ND MILLENNIUM B.P.
3 - 4 in. (689 grams total, 7.6-10 cm).
Group of irregular worked stone blades with much cortex. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Fontmaure, France.
Acquired in the 1970s-1990s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023).
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Stone Age Flint Blade Core
Mesolithic Period, 14,000-8,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
With facetting where blade-flakes have been removed; inked legend 'M14-137'. 66.1 grams, 62 mm
Found Lodge Hill North Side, Waddesdon Buckinghamshire, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.M14; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Bifacial Flint Hand Axe
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Ovate in profile with carefully worked edge; old collector's label '14 145'. 131 grams, 91 mm
Found possibly Scarborough area, North Yorkshire, UK. Acquired Oxford, UK, November 2002. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N145; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Polished Flint French Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Scaphoid in section with irregular rounded butt and curved edge, polished; old find spot label 'Fontigny Lalbie'. 318 grams, 16.2 cm
Found east of Paris, France. From an old Parisian collection. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
