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LOT 1465
Stone Age Sahara Speckled Stone Axehead and Hammerstone Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 7/8 - 2 1/8 in. (394 grams total, 48-55 mm).
Comprising two small polished D-shaped axeheads and one with a square butt; sub-spherical hammerstone. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound North Africa.
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.
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LOT 1465
Stone Age Sahara Speckled Stone Axehead and Hammerstone Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Stone Age Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 5th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Mixed group including barbed-and-tanged and slender triangular types, mounted on perspex display frames. 47 grams total including stand, 26-56 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. -
Extremely Rare Stone Age 'Happisburgh' Knapped Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 600,000-450,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
A thick, hard hammer struck primary flake, the dorsal face steeply retouched on one side to form a single, long edge scraper or cutting edge; perhaps a unifacial segmental chopper of Type L ‘handaxe’' the extant cortex thin and weathered, now patchy grey in colour. 133 grams, 88 mm
Found Happisburgh, North Norfolk, UK, by John Craven on Saturday 14th July 2018. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-09F375.
A serious collector's piece from the site of the oldest known stone tools in the UK and North West Europe. -
Stone Age 'Danish' Hammer-Axehead
Neolithic Period, 5000-4000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rectangular in section with rounded butt and striking face. 369 grams, 11 cm
From the collection of a London, UK, professional. Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
