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LOT 1546
Very Large Stone Age Quartzite Pebble Chopper from Fontsorbes
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500,000-250,000 B.P.
5 1/8 in. (1.2 kg, 13 cm).
A lightly worked cobble fragment with broad cutting edge; produced by the first inhabitants of Southwest France. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Fontsorbes, Haute Garonne, France.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023), formed in the 1980s-1990s.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
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LOT 1546
Very Large Stone Age Quartzite Pebble Chopper from Fontsorbes
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Stone Age Twydall Flint Tool
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Of irregular shape, some cortex showing to the upper face; with an old inked inscription: '2.SS 1279.C Twydall'. 42 grams, 57 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall. -
Large Stone Age Classic Knapped Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, 480,000-250,000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Lentoid in section with narrow pointed butt and broad curved cutting edge; carefully knapped to a beautifully regular profile and wonderful patination; old inked inscription 'Abilly - 1926- / La Princerie'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 701 grams, 23.5 cm (898 grams total, 28 cm including stand)
Found Abilly la Princerie, France, 1926. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Abilly is in the region of Grand Pressigny, Indre et Loire département, France. It is the location of the famous Archéolab – Musée de site archéologique where excavation and interpretation of archaeological sites are presented to the public. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe Group
Neolithic Period, 3000-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Comprising three flake blades: one triangular with old inked inscription 'Mont St. Aignant / Briqueterie'; one triangular in section, leaf-shaped with old inked inscription 'St. Pierre les Elbeu[.] / Colo. G. Séhet'; One an irregular ellipsoid, triangular in section with old inked inscription 'Env. Rouen / Bné'. 275 grams total, 9.8-13.3 cm
From the collection of François Bigot (1950-2009). with Auction Art Rémy Le Fur & Associés, 28th September 2021, no.128.
