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LOT 1503
Stone Age 'St Jacques' Knapped Flint Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000 B.P.
6 1/4 in. (475 grams, 16 cm).
With a narrow rounded but and elongated body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom St Jacques, France.
Ex M Allias collection, 1910s.
From a Norfolk, UK, collection.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1503
Stone Age 'St Jacques' Knapped Flint Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Stone Age Flint Arrowhead Collection
Circa 2,500-1,500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Including triangular, tanged and ovate types. 18.4 grams total, 23-46 mm
Found North Yorkshire, UK. -
Stone Age Long Flint Arrowhead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 8th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 140 grams total, 33-56 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Between the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods, some of the most useful human inventions were perfected, including the bow and arrow. The feathered arrow for hunting birds was invented. Most arrows used during hunting were tipped with flint or obsidian, although some had blunt wooden tips to stun birds without injuring them. The bows were made of ash and the strings were made of animal sinews. -
Stone Age Twydall Knapped Flint Proto-Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Very early form of hand-axe with sturdy point and minimal shaping. 376 grams total, 12.2 cm
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.
