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LOT 1539
Stone Age 'Troussencourt' Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3000-2000 B.C.
4 1/2 in. (150 grams, 11.4 cm).
With narrow rounded butt and broad edge; old collector's legend 'TROUSSENCOURT' to one face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Troussencourt, Northern France.
Ex old French collection.
Acquired prior to 2000.
From a private Norfolk, UK, collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.19, for type.
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Stone Age 'Troussencourt' Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
With narrow rounded butt and broad edge; old collector's legend 'TROUSSENCOURT' to one face. 150 grams, 11.4 cm
Found Troussencourt, Northern France. Ex old French collection. Acquired prior to 2000. From a private Norfolk, UK, collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
