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LOT 1688
Superb Stone Age Knapped Dark Red Pointed Flint Hand Axe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 250,000-60,000 B.P.
4 3/8 in. (154 grams, 11.2 cm).
Lentoid in section with point at each end, some cortex remaining. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Aisne, France.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection of French artefacts acquired prior to 2000.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 1688
Superb Stone Age Knapped Dark Red Pointed Flint Hand Axe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Stone Age Angular and Other Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface flint and chert arrowheads, including tanged and other types; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 122 grams total, 23-44 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis. -
Stone Age French Flint Scraper and Knife Blade Collection
Circa 4th-2nd millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Including long-blade scrapers, leaf-shaped and discoid blades; with collector's card 'French Neolithic'. 98 grams total, 25-96 mm
Acquired in the UK, 1980s-2010. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Stone Age Flint Axehead Fragment
Mesolithic Period, 14,000-8,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Lozengiform in section with chipped butt, dressed cutting edge; old collection number '113 MH' and 'S.Hants' to reverse. 135 grams, 85 mm
Found South Hampshire, UK, in 1974. Acquired from Martin Greens, UK, in 1972. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.M1; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
