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LOT 1446
Stone Age Part Polished Knapped Flint Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/2 in. (91 grams, 88 mm).
Wedge-shaped in plan with convex cutting edge and butt, ridge to one cheek; handwritten collector's identification notes to one face reading 'Bardouville Seine Martime, France'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Bardouville, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
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Stone Age 'Normandy' Knapped Flint Pick
Neolithic Period, 6000-4000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Square in section with rounded butt, cortex remaining. 196 grams, 13.7 cm
Found Normandy, France. From a French collection formed in the 1960s. Acquired on the French art market. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. -
Massive Stone Age Speckled Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 7th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
With rounded cutting edge and almost-circular shank, thin pointed butt. 3.17 grams, 39 cm
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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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.
