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LOT 1572
Stone Age Speckled Axehead Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/2 - 3 1/8 in. (466 grams total, 65-79 mm).
Each lentoid in section with rounded butt and broad curved edge. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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Lozengiform in section with broad cutting edge, flat rounded butt. 288 grams, 15.5 cm
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Stone Age Hedencourt Flint Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 4th-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Plano-convex and lentoid-section with some cortex to surface; each with inked find spot 'Hedencourt'. 306 grams total, 76-89 mm
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Large Stone Age South Downs Knapped Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Tongue-shaped in profile with rounded butt and straight edge; some cortex remaining. 405 grams, 19.5 cm
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