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'The General Sir George Cockburn' Stone Age Classic British Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Flint Handaxe

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Palaeolithic Period, circa 200,000 B.C. With broad rounded butt, D-shaped in section, some cortex in place; old inked '3' beneath a natural cavity with cortex. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.12, for type. 278 grams, 12 cm (4 3/4 in.).

Probably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939.

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'The General Sir George Cockburn' Stone Age Classic British Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Flint Handaxe

Name: 'The General Sir George Cockburn' Stone Age Classic British Teardrop-Shaped Knapped Flint Handaxe
SKU: 176557500
Price: 200 GBP
Availability: InStock