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LOT 1238
Stone Age Upnor Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
4 1/8 in. (275 grams, 10.7 cm).
An early form of hand axe formed from Clactonian flint; handwritten collector's identification label to one face, reading 'Upnor 35'.
ProvenanceFound Upnor, 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.
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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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.
