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LOT 1200
Stone Age Neolithic Knapped Axehead
CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (117 grams, 10 cm).
Wedge-shaped in plan with a lentoid cross-section, convex cutting edge and butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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Stone Age Polished Axehead
Circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Ground and polished with a wedge-shaped body, bevelled and polished cutting edge and rounded butt. 196 grams, 9.2 cm
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Stone Age Neolithic Knapped Axehead
Circa 4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Wedge-shaped in plan with a lentoid cross-section, convex cutting edge and butt. 117 grams, 10 cm
Found Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Stone Age Twydall Flint Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Likely a scraper; bearing an inked identification '6.MC.1081.A / TWYDALL' to one face. 92 grams, 67 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
