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LOT 1573
Stone Age Polished Axehead
NEOLITHIC-EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 6000-4500 B.P.
5 1/4 in. (381 grams, 13.3 cm).
Lentoid in section, tapering from a rounded butt to a broad curved edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA201; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Large Stone Age Polished Black Stone Pierced Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
With broad butt and flat edge, deeply scooped profile to the socket rims; blade and butt chipped. 518 grams, 10.9 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Long Gravettian Flint Point
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 40,000-20,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With fine retouching; a very well made example of this rare type; with inked findspot legend 'La Vergne / Carlux / 24 / JAV' and old collector's label '[...] Carlux / Dordogne'. 78 grams, 10.3 cm
Found La Vergne, Carlux, France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). -
Stone Age Polished Red Granite Bird's Beak Axe-Hammer
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
With one large curved face and a shorter beak to the rear, D-shaped in section with ground socket. 224 grams, 91 mm
From Denmark. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N212; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
