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LOT 1607
Stone Age Polished Basalt Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/2 in. (587 grams, 14 cm).
Ellipsoid in section with rounded butt, curved and polished cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePossibly Scottish.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N194; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Stone Age British Polished Boat-Shaped Axehead
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With gently curved cutting edge, triangular in plan with eccentrically placed socket. 476 grams, 12.5 cm
Found UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N182; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Stone Age Long Flint Knife
Neolithic Period, circa 6000-4500 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Knapped from high quality flint; with old inked collector's label 'Thetford / Women / Sep.1864'. 21 grams, 99 mm
Found Thetford, Norfolk, England, in 1864. From the collection of G.Asquith, a local Norfolk amateur archaeologist. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
Remarkably, the blade is still very sharp and appears to have been made to be hafted and used as a knife.
