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LOT 1260
Stone Age Pecked and Ground Axeheads and Fragment Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/2 - 4 1/2 in. (1.14 kg total, 6.4-11.4 cm).
Comprising mostly fragments of pecked and ground stone axes, with a knapped thin-bladed and polished edge type. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Stone Age Danish Brown Flint Sickle Knife
Neolithic Period, 6th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Inked inscriptions to the reverse in black: 'Denmark / Ex-Richard Britton / 7-13' and 'HOX'. 51 grams, 10.3 cm
The property of Richard Britton. From a U.S.A. private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Of triangular form with slightly flattened tip and rounded butt; with printed and inked 'MADIJEN / EI:190M / THEBES / 1905' find spot label; with custom-made display stand. 290 grams total, 16 cm including stand.
Found Thebes, 1905. British private collection. -
Stone Age English Acheulean Bifacial Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Knapped and broadly plano-convex in section. 393 grams, 13.1 cm
Found field walking in Sailsbury, Wiltshire, UK. From an English private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
