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LOT 1477
Stone Age 'Troussencourt' Knapped Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3000-2000 B.C.
4 1/8 in. (241 grams, 10.6 cm).
Ovate in plan and biconvex in section with inked 'Troussencourt' findspot. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Troussencourt, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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LOT 1477
Stone Age 'Troussencourt' Knapped Flint Axehead
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Stone Age British Knapped Flint Tool Group
Neolithic Period, 5th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising discoid, lozengiform and triangular scrapers, flint nodule with inked 'Spionnos' inscription, and other items, some mounted on glazed ceramic tile bases. 1.06 kg total, 3.6-12 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Twydall Knapped Flint Tool
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Irregular scraper; with an old inked inscription: '2.PB.1215.C / Twydall'. 58 grams, 75 mm
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. -
Stone Age Terracotta Figure Head
Circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Biconvex in profile with applied eyes and mouth, mounted on a custom-made stand. 78 grams total including stand, 36 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
