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LOT 0322
Stone Age Polished Stone Handaxe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 in. (426 grams, 17.8 cm).
With gently curved cutting edge, shallow pointed butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a very old collection based on the cabinet patination.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. MacGregor, A., (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.150.
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Stone Age Polished Stone Handaxe
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
With gently curved cutting edge, shallow pointed butt. 426 grams, 17.8 cm
From a very old collection based on the cabinet patination. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Polished Axehead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Group of four trapezoidal axeheads, each with a gently curved cutting edge. 224 grams total, 39-70 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Large Stone Age Twydall Knapped Flint Scraper Tool
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With inked inscription: '8.K.1047.A / TWYDALL'. 310 grams, 11.1 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.
