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LOT 1209
Stone Age Twydall Flint Proto Hand Axe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
4 in. (276 grams, 10 cm).
An early hand axe formed on a thick, keeled flake, trimmed to edges; with inked collection number: 'SN.1170.A / 2.TWYDALL'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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.
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Stone Age Twydall Flint Proto Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
An early hand axe formed on a thick, keeled flake, trimmed to edges; with inked collection number: 'SN.1170.A / 2.TWYDALL'. 276 grams, 10 cm
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 Axehead Fragment Group
Neolithic Period, 8th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising mostly fragments of pecked and ground stone axes, with part of a large knapped and polished flint type; this likely to be of Scandinavian origin. 1 kg total, 6.6-17.5 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Stone Age Flint Tanged and Other Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 8th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising mostly mixed types of flint and chert arrowheads, including leaf, tanged, barbed and tanged and hollow base types; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 73 grams total, 25-48 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.