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LOT 0317
Stone Age 'Swanscombe' Knapped Flint Axe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
4 1/4 in. (208 grams, 10.9 cm).
Triangular with broad rounded butt; with old inked inked label 'Callands Lane / Oct 1994 / CW'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Swanscombe, Kent, UK.
LiteratureCf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.1.
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LOT 0317
Stone Age 'Swanscombe' Knapped Flint Axe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
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Large Stone Age 'Happisburgh Type' Knapped Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-150,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
A serious collector's piece from the site of the oldest known stone tools in the UK and North West Europe; possibly of Wymer's Type C, worked around a fossil in the flint; on the reverse, a fossil sponge inclusion. 566 grams, 11.4 cm
Found Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK, by John Craven in 2019. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-E4FF9A. -
Stone Age 'Calvados' Flaked Axe
Neolithic Period, circa 8000-3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Triangular in section with broad cutting edge, old collector's label 'Hache Taillée / Roche Gréseuse / L14cm. Néolithique / Calvados / 8000 à 3000 AJC / Homo Sapiens Sapiens' 297 grams, 13.5 cm
Found Calvados, France.
