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LOT 0286
Very Large Stone Age 'Abbevilleien' Caramel and Burnt-Orange Knapped Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 600,000-400,000 YEARS B.P.
7 7/8 in. (1.12 kg, 20 cm).
Substantial flint pointed tool with much cortex remaining. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound by the Somme River at Abbeville, France.
From an old French collection formed in the early 1900s.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
Abbervillien in style - a phase of the Olduwan that occured in Europe dated to 600,000 to 400,000 years ago.
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LOT 0286
Very Large Stone Age 'Abbevilleien' Caramel and Burnt-Orange Knapped Flint Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
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Stone Age Part Polished Knapped Flint Axe
Neolithic Period, 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Wedge-shaped in plan with convex cutting edge and butt, ridge to one cheek; handwritten collector's identification notes to one face reading 'Bardouville Seine Martime, France'. 91 grams, 88 mm
Found Bardouville, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. -
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Stone Age Flint Scraper Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 5th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising: two scrapers, two flakes from a core and two Bann flakes from Ireland; all with old collector's cards and inked catalogue numbers. 91 grams total, 33-86 mm
Probably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939. Accompanied by old handwritten identification cards. -
Stone Age 'St Front' Knapped Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 450,000-250,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Ovate in plan and triangular in section with inked '16 St Front' to one face. 260 grams, 11.3 cm
Found field walking in St Front, Dordogne Region, France. From an old French collection formed in the early 1900s. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
