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LOT 1601
Stone Age 'Stonehenge' Flint Scraper
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
3 in. (43 grams, 77 mm).
Ovate in plan with inked label 'Field near Stonehenge November 1968' and 'N8-73', '114' to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Stonehenge, UK, November 1968.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Five scrappers knapped in light to dark drown flint, one round, others ovate. 43.4 grams total, 27-38 mm
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Stone Age 'Salisbury' Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £514
Knapped axe with slender butt. 305 grams, 18.5 cm
Found Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK. Ex collection of P James, South England. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The beautiful slender form would suggest that it was not a functional axe but one for use during a ceremony, or used as a grave offering. -
Stone Age 'Dordogne' Flint Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising three scraper tools, each plano-convex in section with applied labels 'P40', 'P41', 'P42'. 91 grams total, 47-55 mm
Found Upper Auignacian, Laugerie, Haute les Eyzies, Dordogne, France. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
