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Stone Age 'Salisbury' Grey with Cortex Knapped Flint Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 3/4 in. (321 grams, 14.5 cm).
Thin-butted and trapezoidal with remains of cortex. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound whilst fieldwalking in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
Ex English private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
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Stone Age 'Salisbury' Grey with Cortex Knapped Flint Axe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
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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 Twydall Knapped Flint Proto-Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Triangular in form with one scooped section retaining cortex, inked inscription 1437 / TWYDALL'. 402 grams, 11.3 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. -
Stone Age Polished Green Stone Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Teardrop-shaped with pointed butt and crescent cutting edge. 122 grams, 86 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.
