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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 Twydall Knapped Flint Tool
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Irregular crescent-shaped scraper with some cortex; with an old inked inscription: '4.SM.1113.C / Twydall'. 91 grams, 82 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. -
Large Stone Age 'Reygasse' Knapped Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
In light-pink stone with wide butt; inked collection inscriptions to one side 'S'Laikia', 'Reygasse' and 'Coll- Mortillet 2152'. 697 grams, 15.1 cm
Believed to have been found in Reygasse, France. Ex Collection Martillet, no.2152. Collection of Mr François Bigot (1950-2009). Accompanied by a copy of a French cultural export permit, no.231578. -
Stone Age 'Troussencourt' Knapped Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With rounded butt, cortex largely present; marked 'Troussencourt'. 127 grams, 95 mm
Found Troussencourt, France. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
