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LOT 1605
Stone Age Sandstone Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 450,000-200,000 B.C.
7 1/2 in. (882 grams, 19 cm).
Piriform in profile with flat butt, cortex to one face, inked find spot 'Reims'; tip absent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceOld French collection.
Private collection, London.
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Stone Age Partly Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With broad curved edge and flat rear striking face; shank smoothed but unfinished. 270 grams, 94 mm
Possibly Irish. Acquired in Oxford, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.N170; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Squat in profile with curved cutting edge, rounded butt; chipped. 197 grams, 96 mm
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Stone Age Stone Idol
Neolithic Period, 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Crescentic with domed upper face, drilled eyes and a wide nose. 276 grams, 12.1 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
