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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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