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LOT 1473
Stone Age Lakenheath Knapped Stone Tool Group
PALAEOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/2 - 4 in. (596 grams total, 8.9-10.3 cm).
Group of three hand-axes; one with black inked inscription: 'ADZE / LAKENHEATH / 1974'. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Lakenheath, UK.
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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LOT 1473
Stone Age Lakenheath Knapped Stone Tool Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Stone Age 'Plazac' Neanderthal Knapped Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, 250,000-60,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Cordat in plan with broad butt, some cortex remaining. 253 grams, 11 cm
Found Plazac, Dordogne Region, France. From an old private collection formed in the 1950s. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. -
'The General Sir George Cockburn' Stone Age Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Highly polished with slightly convex cutting edge, body tapering to a narrow square butt. 416 grams, 12.5 cm
Probably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939. -
'The General Sir George Cockburn' Stone Age Flint Slug Knife and Javelin Head
Neolithic Period, circa 5th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Teardrop-shaped spearhead with chip to butt, old collector's inked legend '4'; plano-convex scaphoid two-edged blade with old collector's record card. 31 grams total, 68-69 mm
Probably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939.
