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LOT 1428
Stone Age 'Troussencourt' Knapped Flint Handaxe
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, 12,000-9,000 YEARS B.P.
5 1/2 in. (152 grams, 14.1 cm).
Irregular in form with curved cutting edge, marked 'Troussencourt'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Le Monchel, France.
From an old French collection formed in the 1930s.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
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Stone Age Arrowhead and Tool Collection
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Stone Age Twydall Knapped Flint Proto-Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Triangular scraper; with an old inked inscription: '4.HS.1082.A / Twydall'. 102 grams, 83 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 'Danish' Hammer-Axehead
Neolithic Period, 5000-4000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rectangular in section with rounded butt and striking face. 369 grams, 11 cm
From the collection of a London, UK, professional. Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
