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LOT 1504
Stone Age 'Plazac' Knapped Flint Cordate Handaxe
MOUSTERIAN PERIOD, 200,000-30,000 B.C.
3 3/8 in. (96 grams, 85 mm).
Ovate in plan with thin, lentoid section. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Plazac, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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Triangular burin; with an old inked inscription: '2.PB.1282.C / Twydall'. 48 grams, 70 mm
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Long and slender blade, lentoid in section with partly polished finish; old collector's label 'Colchester 1974'. 306 grams, 18.8 cm
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