Stone Age Polished Axes and Implements Group

Neolithic, 6th-3rd millennium BC. A group comprising: a knapped axe with polished cutting edge in fine-grained stone; together with a small, finely knapped flint trimmer implement or adze with light p

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. Group comprising: a small axe with almost straight polished cutting edge and square butt; in a varigated grey flint; a slender chisel polished to all sides with sligh

Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium BC. A large finely polished flint handaxe with rounded base and square edge, some cortex remaining to the surface. See Evans, J. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A group of three fine-grained knapped flint axes, each with slightly curved cutting edge, narrow butt and partially polished surfaces. 517 grams total, 10-12cm (4 - 4

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of stone tools comprising: five polished axe blades; two tanged arrowheads; six flint scrapers. 351 grams total, 46-84mm (1 3/4 - 3 1/4"). Property of a

Mesolithic, 18000-8000 BC. A mixed group comprising: a heavy 'Thames Pick' type axe; three cleavers formed on heavy flint flakes; a heavy keeled scraper; a small flint chopping implement. 1.02 kg tota

Neolithic, 8th-5th millennium BC. A mixed group comprising: a knapped and polished flint handaxe with rounded butt and square edge; two sherds of corded ware ceramic. 185 grams, 4-13.5cm (1 3/4 - 5 1/

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A mixed group comprising: a large axe with tapered sides, rounded butt and slightly convex polished cutting edge, in a mottled pale grey chert; a similar, smaller axe

Neolithic, 6th-2nd millennium BC. A group comprising: a mixed selection of knapped flint implements including several blades, the butts of two axes (each inked 'EX BANCE KENT'), various scrapers and f

Neolithic, 6000-4000 BC. A group of twenty-four flint knapped and retouched flake implements, including scrapers and blades. 174 grams total, 20-57mm (3/4 - 2 1/4"). Found near Fakenham, Norfolk, UK.

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A polished epidiorite axe with old collector's label 'silex poli / 2e. Epoque Pans / de Chartres /[.] 1902'. 182 grams, 95mm (3 3/4"). Ex Dr M. G. Weller collection,

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A ground stone handaxe with narrow rounded butt and broad curved and chamfered cutting edge. 427 grams, 13cm (5"). Ex Kelway collection; formed between 1975 and 2015;

5th-3rd millennium B.C. A group of two polished stone axeheads of different sizes, both with lentoid cross-sections and convex cutting edges; old inked collection inventory number to both: 'R.0824.02.

Later Palaeolithic, 50,000-10,000 years BP. A mixed group of four stone tanged implements, including a Magdalenian scraper blade from Laugerie Haute, Les Eyzies, Dordogne, France. 37 grams total, 36-4

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A bifacial axe with polishing to the convex cutting edge, tapering evenly to a sharply rounded butt; in a pale grey coarse flint. From an old Munich collection; acqui

Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P. Comprising: one triangular in section with broad butt and narrow edge; one biconvex in section with broad curved edge. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), An

Neolithic Period, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of stone tools comprising: a tongue-shaped blade with chamfered edge; one similar with lateral curved edge; one similar with inked accession numb

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A group of Volosovo culture stone arrowheads and implements of various forms, fine workmanship. 42 grams total, 3-10.5cm (1 1/4 - 4"). Property of a gentleman; from a

Late Neolithic, 4400-3500 BC. A group of ten stone core axes; accompanied by a bundle of maps, images and fact sheets relating to these items and their associated culture. 1.8 kg total, 5.4-15cm (2 -

Neolithic, 8th-5th millennium BC. A knapped and polished flint axehead with rounded butt, gently curved edge. Cf. Evans, J. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, London

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A pecked and polished axe-hammer, pierced for hafting, the lower circumference of the piercing with unusual raised rim; showing wear use to cutting edge and hammer fa

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A small, finely pecked and polished axe, the butt squared, with asymmetric slightly convex cutting edge; in a dark grey stone. 138 grams, 90mm (3 1/2"). Property of a

Neolithic, 8000-5000 BP. A pecked and ground stone axe with polished convex cutting edge tapering to rounded butt. 360 grams, 13.2cm (5 1/4"). Property of an English gentleman; formerly with a UK gall

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A pecked and polished perforated axe of boat-shaped profile. 349 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Property of a professional; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s.