NEOLITHIC STONE AGE POLISHED STONE AXE HEAD

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, 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-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 Period, circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.. Comprising mainly D-shaped axeheads with a straight cutting edge. 165 grams total, 25-44 mm (1 - 1 3/4 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art m

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A large finely knapped axehead with asymmetrical cutting edge, tapering squared sides and squared butt; formed in grey chert. 500 grams, 14.5cm (5 3/4"). Property of

Neolithic Period, 5th-3rd millennium B.P. A polished stone axehead with a lentoid cross-section, rounded butt and convex cutting edge; old inked collection inventory number to one face: 'R.0272.12.00'

Neolithic, 6th-3rd millennium BC. A ground and polished stone axehead with straight cutting edge, boat-shaped body, narrow butt. Cf. Glob, P.V. Danske Oldsager II Yngre Stenalder, Copenhagen, 1952, it

Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. Comprising two small polished D-shaped axeheads and one with a square butt; sub-spherical hammerstone. 394 grams total, 48-55 mm (1 7/8 - 2 1/8 in.). Fo

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A pecked and polished stone perforated axe-hammer with boat-shaped profile. 712 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Property of an Essex gentleman.

Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium BC. A mixed group of ground and polished diorite axeheads, two rounded with pecked body and polished edge, one polished with narrow butt. 490 grams total, 79-99mm (3 1/4

Neolithic, 6th-2nd millennium BC. A mixed group comprising: a discoid scraper with some cortex remaining; two knapped and polished axeheads, each with a square butt. 420 grams total, 80-95mm (3 1/4 -

Neolithic Period, circa 5th millennium B.C. A trio of pecked stone axeheads with lentoid-section bodies; two with traces of polished surfaces; two with inked collector's number, including one with old

Neolithic Period, 4000-3000 years B.P. or later. Substantial and rectangular in section with tapering butt, polished asymmetrical blade. 769 grams, 17 cm (6 3/4 in.). From a 19th-early 20th century co

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.

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, 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 pair of two knapped and polished flint axeheads, each with a thick square butt and straight edge. 415 grams total,12-12.5cm (4 3/4 - 5"). Property of an American co

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.

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

6th-3rd millennium BC. A ground and slightly polished stone axehead, round in section with tapering rounded butt, broad curved cutting edge. 1.1 kg, 20cm (8"). Property of a European gentleman; acquir

Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium BC. A mixed group of slate axe blades, one with square butt, two with rounded butt, one with shoulders. 215 grams, 70-96mm (2 3/4 - 3 3/4"). Property of a Lincolnshire ge

5th-3rd millennium B.C. A polished green diorite axehead, lentoid in cross-section with one curved side and convex cutting edge; inked collection inventory number to one face: 'R.7206.06.00'. 459 gram

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A pair of knapped stone axeheads comprising: one tongue-shaped with straight edge; one substantial, square in section with curved edge and square butt. 719 grams tota

Palaeolithic-Neolithic Period, circa 200,000-4000 B.P. Comprising: two teardrop-shaped handaxes, one with absent tip; a pecked fusiform axehead with conical butt. 990 grams total, 12.3-14.5 cm (4 7/8