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LOT 0283
'The General Sir George Cockburn' Stone Age Classic British Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Flint Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000 B.C.
4 3/4 in. (278 grams, 12 cm).
With broad rounded butt, D-shaped in section, some cortex in place; old inked '3' beneath a natural cavity with cortex. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProbably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co.
Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.12, for type.
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LOT 0283
'The General Sir George Cockburn' Stone Age Classic British Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Flint Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Stone Age Pierced Stone Boat-Shaped Battle Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With slightly convex cutting edge, square butt; steeply angled edge to one face, gentle curve to the underside. 517 grams, 12.2 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Stone Age Knapped Axehead Group
Mesolithic-Neolithic Period, circa 10,000-4000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: teardrop-shaped burin with polished faces; triangular-section blade with rounded ends. 287 grams total, 10.2-12.7 cm
Previously acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of a Kent, UK, collector. -
Stone Age 'Troussencourt' Knapped Flint Axehead
Neolithic Period, 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With rounded butt, cortex largely present; marked 'Troussencourt'. 127 grams, 95 mm
Found Troussencourt, France. From an old French collection. Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
