Stone Age 'St Front' Knapped Flint Handaxe

LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 450,000-250,000 YEARS B.P.

4 1/2 in. (260 grams, 11.3 cm).

Ovate in plan and triangular in section with inked '16 St Front' to one face. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found field walking in St Front, Dordogne Region, France.
From an old French collection formed in the early 1900s.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.

CONDITION

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LOT 1448