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LOT 1517
Stone Age Scrapers from Various locations of France Including Lamondie and Larlux
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 28,000-22,000 YEARS B.P.
2 5/8 - 3 1/2 in. (180 grams total, 67-88 mm).
Marked 'Poligny/2915', 'Lamonie.24 / Montgetell 3.7.68', 'La Vergne Larlux /24/JRV', 'Vengues/57'. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound France.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023), formed in the 1980s-1990s.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
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LOT 1517
Stone Age Scrapers from Various locations of France Including Lamondie and Larlux
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
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Stone Age 'Wanel' Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Irregular rectangle in plan with squared ends, old inked legend 'WANEL' to one face. 166 grams, 94 mm
Found Wannel, France. Ex old French collection. Acquired prior to 2000. From a private Norfolk, UK, collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
Stone Age Twydall Flint Tool
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Small implement with flattened underside; with an old inked inscription: '4.SS.1120.C. Twydall'. 88 grams, 70 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. -
Stone Age Drilled Green Stone Axe from Lake Constance
Early Bronze Age, circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Finely polished long axehead with narrow edge and hammer face to rear. 288 grams, 13.6 cm
Found Lake Constance. From a collection acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
