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LOT 1559
Stone Age Pont-l'Abbé Polished Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 5/8 in. (79 grams, 66 mm).
Small triangular axehead with bifacial blade, narrow square butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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.
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Stone Age Hedencourt Flint Tool Group
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Plano-convex and lentoid-section with some cortex to surface; each with inked find spot 'Hedencourt'. 306 grams total, 76-89 mm
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Stone Age Toulouse Acheulean Bifacial Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 480,000-250,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Piriform in profile with broad rounded butt. 264 grams, 12 cm
Found Toulouse, France. Acquired from Brian Beveridge, Oxford, UK, on 14th March 2004. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.P38; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Large Stone Age Polished Black Stone Pierced Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
With broad butt and flat edge, deeply scooped profile to the socket rims; blade and butt chipped. 518 grams, 10.9 cm
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.
