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LOT 1933
Stone Age Polished Black Stone Axe Head
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
4 7/8 in. (418 grams, 12.3 cm).
Rectangular in plan with eccentric chisel edge, square butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection purchased on the UK art market in the 2020s.
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British Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe from Farnham, Greenhill
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Lanceolate in profile with broad point; inked findspot 'Farnham 1901'; repaired. 301 grams, 15.6 cm
Found in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house.
This handaxe is one of a group of 23 handaxes originally collected by Captain Gerald Streatfield and marked with ‘’Farnham 1901’’. The discovery of these 23 handaxes is noted by Bury (1935, 68–69) as being on “the west side of the Tilford Road (Greenhill)” where Streatfield found them. Roe (1968, 286) includes them in his gazetteer under Farnham, Greenhill with general reference SU 850 457, citing Bury’s report. Greenhill is shown on the 1873 and 1898 OS maps as a wooded area, just north of the River Bourne, at c.110 m OD, centred on SU 850 456. This location lies on the south-eastern edge of Terrace A of the River Wey sequence. References for context: Bury, H. (1935). The Farnham Terraces and their sequence. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 1, 60– 69. Roe, D. (1968). A Gazetteer of British Lower & Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report 8. Taylor, C. (2017). Five Palaeolithic handaxes from Farnham, with a comment on the Huband flint collection. Surrey Archaeological Collections, 100, 213–221. -
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Red Stone Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Cordate type with a broad cutting edge, a facetted handle to the rear. 248 grams, 11.3 cm
Purchased on the European art market. Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector. -
Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Fontmaure Jasper Neanderthal Bifacial Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Ovate in plan with a squared butt. 38.54 grams, 52.43 mm
Fontmaure, Vienne department, France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collection of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). Acquired on the UK art market at auction after being sold by Mr Brox’s family. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
Made by a Neanderthal; from the well-regarded area of Fontmaure, the jasper has vibrant colours and traces of chalcedony running through it.
