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LOT 1596
Stone Age Neanderthal Flint Knife
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, MOUSTERIAN CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
2 3/4 in. (40 grams, 71 mm).
Linguiform type, plano-convex in section with square butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region, France.
From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s.
From a private collection of a French gentleman, which was sold by his family at auction after his death.
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Large Stone Age Homo Erectus Stone Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Lentoid in section and cordiform in plan with broad thick butt and rounded tip. 148 grams, 95 mm
From North Africa. Part of a French collection built up in the mid 1900s, and sold via a European auction house. Acquired from Mr P.M., Kent, UK. -
Large Stone Age Homo Erectus Stone Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Broadly linguiform with thick rounded butt; marked '25535'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 588 grams, 16.9 cm without stand
From North Africa. Part of a French collection built up in the mid 1900s, and sold via a European auction house. Acquired from Mr P.M., Kent, UK. -
British Stone Age Flint Awl from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Pelta-shaped in plan and plano-convex in section with sturdy drilling spike. 18.4 grams, 45 mm
Found Farnham, Surrey, UK, in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent.
After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house.
