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LOT 1687

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

STONE AGE TWYDALL HAND AXE
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
3 in. (149 grams, 77 mm).

With catalogue description '1111 Semi discoidal scraper'; inked collector's legend '4.SS. 1111.C/Twydall'. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
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 and a list where this piece is included.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

CONDITION
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