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LOT 1652
Stone Age Polished Axe Head
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
4 1/2 in. (205 grams, 11.5 cm).
Finely polished and lentoid in section with tapering form, narrow butt and curved cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Oise area in Northern France.
From a collection purchased on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
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Stone Age Acheulean Triangular Knapped Flint Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Ovate in profile and lentoid in section with broad butt and rounded point. 113 grams, 85.6 mm
From an old West Country, UK, collection, sold at auction. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. -
Stone Age Pierced Boat-Shaped Axehead
Neolithic Period, 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Boat-shaped in plan with central drilling; domed hammer-face to butt, carination to each broad face. 656 grams, 14.8 cm
Acquired in the 1996. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Stone Age Homo Heidelbergensis Uniface Flint Handaxe from Happisburgh
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-250,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Formed from a cobble and marked 'Happisburgh March 2019 AP Site 3 by Defences'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 237 grams, 10.3 cm without stand
Found by Mr Anthony Pryke in Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK, March 2019, near site 3.
Discovery by Mr A Pryke after the 'Beast from the East Storm', which stripped the beach of the sand and helped to erode the Palaeolithic artefacts from the ancient Thames river bed. During the time the artefacts were dropped, the Thames ran through North Norfolk and what is now Happisburgh before it was pushed down to its current position in London via the Ice Age glacial melts. The site of Happisburgh in Norfolk has helped to push the history of inhabitation of the British Isles back by 200,000 making it a site of special importance.
