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LOT 1451
Stone Age Knapped Hand Axe Group
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
4 3/4 - 5 1/4 in. (290 grams total, 12-13.5 cm).
Comprising: one triangular in section with broad butt and narrow edge; one biconvex in section with broad curved edge. [2, 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 1.21, for type.
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Stone Age 'Troussencourt' Knapped Flint Handaxe
Mesolithic Period, 12,000-9,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Irregular in form with curved cutting edge, marked 'Troussencourt'. 152 grams, 14.1 cm
Found Le Monchel, France. From an old French collection formed in the 1930s. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. -
Extremely Rare Stone Age 'Happisburgh' Knapped Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 600,000-450,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
A thick, hard hammer struck primary flake, the dorsal face steeply retouched on one side to form a single, long edge scraper or cutting edge; perhaps a unifacial segmental chopper of Type L ‘handaxe’' the extant cortex thin and weathered, now patchy grey in colour. 133 grams, 88 mm
Found Happisburgh, North Norfolk, UK, by John Craven on Saturday 14th July 2018. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-09F375.
A serious collector's piece from the site of the oldest known stone tools in the UK and North West Europe. -
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Stone Age Flint Scraper Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 5th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising: two scrapers, two flakes from a core and two Bann flakes from Ireland; all with old collector's cards and inked catalogue numbers. 91 grams total, 33-86 mm
Probably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939. Accompanied by old handwritten identification cards.
