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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]

Provenance

Probably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co.
Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939.

Literature

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.

CONDITION

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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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