Antiquities - Stone Age
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778 z BRITISH FLINT BLADE CORE Mesolithic era, 10000-6000 BC A large blade core bearing the scars where a sequence of parallel sided long blades have been struck, showing the striking platforms; in a pale flint with blue-grey patination, the reverse with original cortex present. 169 grams, 95 mm (3½"). Very fine condition. [No Reserve] £30 - 50 EUR 30 - 60 USD 50 - 80 775 Ex Dr M. G. Weller collection; formerly Henry Dewey collection; found Cumbria, UK, before 1950.
779 z SPANISH FLINT BLADES GROUP Mesolithic era, 10000-6000 BC A group of nine pale grey flint blades, some retouched, seven with finely formed awl points; the group mounted on a card for display. 153 grams total, 8-9.5 cm (3 - 3¾"). Fine condition. Scarce. [9, No Reserve] £90 - 120 EUR 100 - 140 USD 140 - 190 776 Ex Dr M. G. Weller collection; by exchange from Seville Museum of Antiquities, Spain; all found Pinar, near Granada.
775 KNAPPED HANDAXE Palaeolithic era, 400000-200000 BP A large flint handaxe of unusual form knapped on a very thick flake of triangular section, tapering with well formed edges to a sharp point; with typical yellowish river-gravel patination and some cortex to butt; with inked reference 'Warsash gravel pit, 1862'. 535 grams, 19 cm (7½"). Fine condition. Rare type. £300 - 500 EUR 350 - 580 USD 470 - 780 Property of a Hampshire Gentleman; acquired before 1990; Warsash findspot.
780 z FRENCH FLINT IMPLEMENTS GROUP Mesolithic era, 10000-6000 BC Two crude implements in grey cobble flint with considerable cortex evident; each with 19th century French label. 233 grams total, 8 cm each (3"). Fine condition. [2, No Reserve] £70 - 90 EUR 80 - 100 USD 110 - 140 Ex Dr M. G. Weller collection; by bequest; formerly Henry Dewey collection and Sir John Evans collection; found France, mid 19th century.
776 BRITISH FLINT HANDAXE Palaeolithic era, 400000-200000 BP A large and early British bifacial handaxe implement, formed on a heavy cobble with typical river deposit patination; the butt with original cortex, one side retouched to give concave working edge; the tip formed as a 'chisel' end, showing some ancient use. 986 grams, 20 cm (8"). Very fine condition. Scarce type. [No Reserve] £100 - 150 EUR 120 - 170 USD 160 - 240 Ex David Bowyer collection; ex Bonhams sale 18947, lot 292; formerly John Sharpe collection; found near Warsash, Hampshire, UK.
777 z TWYDALL CLACTONIAN FLINT AXE Lower Palaeolithic, circa 400,000 BP
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781 GRAND-PRESSIGNY 'LIVRE DE BUERRE' FLINT BLADE CORE Neolithic era, 7000-3000 BC
A substantial Clactonian culture implement formed from a large flint nodule with much cortex present to the butt with a convex, bifacial cutting edge; from the well-known lower palaeolithic site at Twydall in Kent, collected circa 1912-1915; with 2.HC.100.C TWYDALL old Rochester Museum collection inscription. 694 grams, 18.5 cm (7¼"). Very fine condition. An unusually large example from this famous site. £100 - 150 EUR 120 - 170 USD 160 - 240
A large and classic flint blade core in the characteristic orange-yellow Grand-Pressigny material, carefully knapped to form a typical prepared 'livre-de-beurre' core and showing the scar where a single long flake was struck; with Weller and Petrie 1864 collection labels. 1.8 kg, 30 cm (12"). Very fine condition. Rare. £200 - 300 EUR 230 - 350 USD 310 - 470
From an old Lancashire collection, formed in the 1980s-1990s; formerly in the Rochester Museum, Kent collections; found Twydall, Kent, UK.
Ex Dr S. Weller collection; by bequest; formerly Henry Dewey collection and Flinders Petrie collection; found Grand-Pressigny, France, 1864.