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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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London, UK, collection, 1990s. Property of a North London gentleman. -
Stone Age Pecked and Ground Axeheads and Fragment Group
Neolithic Period, 8th-5th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising mostly fragments of pecked and ground stone axes, with a knapped thin-bladed and polished edge type. 1.14 kg total, 6.4-11.4 cm
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Stone Age Twydall Flint Flake Implement
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Formed on s small, thin flake with some trimming to edges; with inked collection number: '6B.1118.A / 4.TWYDALL'. 41 grams, 66 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.
