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LOT 2866
Very Large African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
10 1/8 in. (1.41 kg, 25.8 cm).
Ovate handaxe in dark and light brown stone; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Central Sahara, Africa.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s by Dr J Fehkhaber.
Acquired on the European art market.
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LOT 2866
Very Large African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Handaxe
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Danish Type IIIb Stone Age Knapped Flint Dagger
Neolithic Period, circa 4,100-3,950 B.P.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Leaf-shaped in plan and lozenge-form in profile, with flattened tapering point. 46 grams, 14.7 cm
Acquired as part of a collection of Danish Neolithic flint artefacts from a Swedish auction house. From the private collection of a S.W. London, UK, gentleman. -
Large Stone Age Polished Speckled Greenstone Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 4,500-3,500 B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Round-section shank flaring to a broad cutting edge, rounded butt. 775 grams, 18.2 cm
Found Libya, North Africa. From an old Dutch collection, acquired before 2000 A.D. Acquired from an auction in the Netherlands. From the private collection of a S.W. London, UK, gentleman. -
Farnham Stone Age Fishing Weight
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P. or laterEstimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Flat mudstone pebble with crazed surface, natural hole near one edge. 77.3 grams, 64 mm
Found during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Faulker (1875-1963), and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental with the excavation works and pit dwellings at sites including Six Bells, Frensham, Tilford, Thursley and Bagshot, and Waverley, amongst others at and near Farnham in the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the material is now in the prestigious Farnham museum. The present part of the collection having been gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham; who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.
Found during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Faulker (1875-1963), and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental with the excavation works and pit dwellings at sites including Six Bells, Frensham, Tilford, Thursley and Bagshot, and Waverley, amongst others at and near Farnham in the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the material is now in the prestigious Farnham museum. The present part of the collection having been gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham; who was part of the Borelli family from Italy wh a relist o emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.
