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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 Knapped and Pecked Axehead Group
Neolithic Period, 8th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising of two slender knapped stone axes, with a large pecked type (spalled from cutting edge) and two ground pestle or similar implements. 1.07 kg total, 5.2-18 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Of triangular form with slightly flattened tip and rounded butt; with printed and inked 'MADIJEN / EI:190M / THEBES / 1905' find spot label; with custom-made display stand. 290 grams total, 16 cm including stand.
Found Thebes, 1905. British private collection. -
Stone Age Twydall Flint Proto Hand Axe Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Formed on a triangular core with two edges trimmed, one finely; with inked collection number: 'TWYDALL / 10.ss.1017.A'. 180 grams, 81 mm
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.
