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LOT 1225
Stone Age Polished Blackstone Axehead
NEOLITHIC, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 7/8 in. (289 grams, 20 cm).
Of slender, wedge-shaped form with chamfered, convex cutting edge and angled butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate UK collection formed 1990s-2000s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
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Stone Age Flint Knife Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising thirty knives and some other tools. 237 grams total, 39-70 mm
From the Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK. -
Stone Age Massive Implement Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a massive axe-shaped stone implement trimmed by knapping, with two pecked and ground stone hand implements, possibly for use with a saddle-type stone quern. 3 kg total, 12.6-32.5 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Stone Age Twydall Flint Proto Cleaver Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Formed on a thick irregular flake with one edge trimmed; with inked collection number: '1413 / TWYDALL'. 375 grams, 11.3 cm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
