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LOT 0328
Stone Age 'Somme' Grey Speckled White Knapped Flint Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 240,000- 38,000 B.P.
4 1/8 in. (210 grams, 10.5 cm).
With broad rounded butt, D-shaped in section, some cortex at butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in the Somme Region, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.12, for type.
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LOT 0328
Stone Age 'Somme' Grey Speckled White Knapped Flint Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
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Stone Age 'Trossencourt' Grey Knapped Flint Handaxe
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
With cortex to the tip and flaked butt, old inked inscription 'Troussencourt'. 258 grams, 12.5 cm
Found Troussencourt, France. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector. -
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.
