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LOT 1768
Stone Age Pecked and Polished Hammerstone
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
2 5/8 in. (273 grams, 68 mm).
Oblate in profile with inked legends 'N12', '444'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Fen Edge area, Feltwell, Norfolk, UK.
Acquired from M. Younge, UK, 1973.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N12; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Stone Age Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Ovate in form with cortex to the rounded butt; bifacial type. 402 grams, 12.4 cm
Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), amateur prehistorian, former member of the French Society of Prehistory and the Prehistoric Association of the South-West, Honorary Member of the Geological Club of Ile-de-France. Collection of flints formed between the 1950s and 1990s and coming from Ile-de-France, Oise and Val-d'Oise. Accompanied by a copy of a French cultural passport. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Very Large Stone Age 'Livre de Beurre' from Le Grand Pressigny
Neolithic Period, 5500-2400 B.P.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £495
A substantial flint core or so-called 'Livre de Beurre' with vertical traces of blows on the work side, including one pronounced blade negative extending half way along the stone’s length; cortex remains and core preparation traces on other side; proximal end with impact surface, distal end with rounded point; two bifacial wave to chevron-shaped core edges; flat-prismatic cross-section; raw material for blade production, beige stone (silex) with yellow undertone, cream-colored patches and spots, slightly shiny surface (origin: Le Grand Pressigny, Dép. Indre-et-Loire, France); old collector's label 'N13310'; supplied with a custom-made stand. 2.62 kg, 30.5 cm (3.79 kg total, 37.5 cm including stand)
Private collection, B.G., Southwest France. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00127506. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Flint Hand Axe and Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Group of three lentoid-section tools each with a worked edge and irregular butt; one marked 'Naphill High Wycombe'. 380 grams total, 66-98 mm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
