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LOT 1547
Stone Age Polished Black Stone Axehead
CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/8 in. (12.3 grams, 85 mm).
Lentoid in section with squared butt and slightly curved cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
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Stone Age Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Squat in profile with curved cutting edge, rounded butt; chipped. 197 grams, 96 mm
Possibly Scottish. Acquired from Oxford, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N165; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Pont-l'Abbé Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Small triangular axehead with bifacial blade, narrow square butt. 79 grams, 66 mm
Found Pont-l'Abbé Finistère, Brittany, France. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N205; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Le Grand-Pressigny Mousterian Neanderthal Flint Knife
Palaeolithic Period, circa 130,000-40,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With large amount of cortex forming the 'handle' and broad cutting edge. 252 grams, 10 cm
Found Le Grand-Pressigny, France. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P63; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
