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LOT 1539
Stone Age Tenerian Pecked and Part Polished Celt Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 9TH-7TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
4 3/4 in. (257 grams, 12 cm).
With round-section pointed butt and broad curved edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom South Central Sahara.
Ex private French collection, formed 1960s-1970s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Stone Age Neanderthal Period Cave Bear Tooth Pendant
2.5 million-10,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
A bear's fang drilled for suspension for use as a pendant. 103 grams, 11.7 cm
From the private family collection of a lady, UK; acquired in Germany mid 20th century. -
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British Stone Age Fully Polished Axehead from Keith Hall
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Tongue-shaped in profile and plano-convex in section with pointed butt; old collector's label 'Keith Hall 1898' with 'Keith in a second, later hand above. 376 grams, 12.4 cm (436 grams total, 15 cm including stand)
Found at Keith Hall, Farnham, in 1898. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction. -
Stone Age Knapped Scraper and Implement Collection
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-600,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
Bore triangular in section with square butt, scraper with broad edge. 109 grams total, 72-78 mm
Found Department Indre et Loire, Epargne, Grand Pressigny, South West France. Collected in the 1930s. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collector. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
