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LOT 2803
Swanscombe British Stone Age Knapped Ficron Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 420,000-380,000 B.P.
3 3/8 in. (95 grams, 85.6 mm).
Scaphoid in section with irregular broad point, cortex to the butt with old pencilled legend 'SW[...]E'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Swanscombe, Kent, UK.
From the original collection of Henry Dewey.
From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman.
Attributed to Homo heidelbergensis
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LOT 2803
Swanscombe British Stone Age Knapped Ficron Handaxe
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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British Stone Age Polished Axe
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Piriform in plan and biconvex in section; old collector's ticket: 'Neolithic Britain Ca. 2500 BC Polished Stone Axe. 93mm long. Found N. England'. 89.2 grams, 93 mm
Acquired from John L.Homan, Lincolnshire, UK, 1990s. -
Swanscombe British Stone Age Knapped Ficron Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 420,000-380,000 B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Scaphoid in section with irregular broad point, cortex to the butt with old pencilled legend 'SW[...]E'. 95 grams, 85.6 mm
Found Swanscombe, Kent, UK. From the original collection of Henry Dewey. From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman.
Attributed to Homo heidelbergensis -
Danish Stone Age Knapped Flint Dagger
Neolithic Period, circa 5,000 B.P.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Finely knapped elongated blade in honey-brown flint with ripple-like flaking on the blade, the handle worked to a triangular profile. 65 grams, 17.5 cm
Acquired in West Mersea, 23rd April 1977 for £15.00. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old typed information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.135.
