ITEM: JugMATERIAL: PotteryCULTURE: Bronze Age, CanaanPERIOD: 1900 - 1400 B.CDIMENSIONS: 137 mm x 77 mmCONDITION: Good condition.PROVENANCE: Ex Jerusalem private collection, acquired between 1975 – 1990.Comes with Certificate of Authenticity and Export Licence. If you are from outside the European Union, we will have to apply for the export licence again for your country, this takes 4 to 6 weeks and has a cost of 5% of the amount of the sale, this amount will be added to the final invoice.Canaan was the name of a large and prosperous ancient country (at times independent, at others a tributary to Egypt) located in the Levant region of present-day Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Israel. It was also known as Phoenicia. The origin of the name ‘Canaan’ comes from various ancient texts and there is no scholarly consensus on precisely where the name originated nor what it meant.According to the Bible, the land was named after a man called Canaan, the grandson of Noah (Genesis 10). Other theories cite ‘Canaan’ as derived from the Hurrian language for ‘purple’ and, as the Greeks knew the Canaanites as ‘Phoenicians’ (Greek for `purple’) and as the Phoenicians worked in purple dye and so were called by the Greeks ‘purple people’, this explanation is the most probable. The theory has also been advanced that the name comes from the Hebrew root-verb kana which denotes order from chaos, a blending, or synchronous existence.The earliest habitation in the region was around the city of Jericho in the Paleolithic Age and this early rural community would then develop into the city which is the oldest urban center in the region (and, arguably, the world). Other cities developed during the Early Bronze Age but were abandoned, probably because of overpopulation, and the people returned to an agrarian lifestyle for a number of years. Cities again grew up during the Middle Bronze Age which saw the development of trade with other civilizations and, most notably, Egypt. Canaan (also referred to as Phoenicia at this time) continued to prosper until c. 1250 – c. 1150 BCE during the so-called Bronze Age Collapse.Following the upheaval of c. 1250 – c. 1150 BCE, however, the Hebrews (Israelites), to whom Joshua is said to have given the land, populated the region and established the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. These kingdoms lasted until the region was conquered in succession by the Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Alexander the Great, the Seleucids, and the Roman Empire.
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Bernard Meadows, British 1915-2005 - Fish Relief, opus 19, 1955; bronze, from an edition of 6 plus 1 A/C, signed with monogram lower right and with indistinct foundry stamp lower left, 39.5 x 57.5 cm (ARR) Provenance: with Gimpel Fils, London (label attached to the reverse of the frame); Miss D. D. Campbell Salmon, purchased c.1967 (according to the inscribed label attached to the reverse of the frame) Literature: Alan Bowness, 'Bernard Meadows: Sculpture and Drawings', The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, London, 1995, p.138, illus. p.139 BM35 Note: the present work is one of a number of reliefs the artist made in the 1950s, evoking the appearance of fossilised and paleolithic forms. As an assistant to Henry Moore in the 1940s, Meadows turned to animal forms in his sculpture to avoid being compared to his teacher, and other reliefs evoke his popular subjects of birds and crabs. A series of these reliefs 'Four Small Reliefs on Cock Theme, 1952' is now in the collection of Birkenhead Art Gallery. These works were made following Meadows inclusion in the Venice Biennale in 1952, alongside Geoffrey Clarke, Lynn Chadwick and Kenneth Armitage.
Große Sammlung Steinwerkzeuge, Klingen, Schaber, Abschläge u.a., Altsteinzeit bis Jungsteinzeit, ca. 500000 - 2000 v. Chr. Umfassende Sammlung verschiedener Steinwerkzeuge und Artefakte aus verschiedenen Regionen. Provenienz: Rheinischer Privatbesitz, übernommen aus der Sammlung des Vaters. A large collection of stone tools, blades, scrapers etc., Paleolithic - Neolithic, circa 500000 - 2000 B.C. A large collection of stone tools, blades, scrapers etc., Paleolithic - Neolithic, circa 500000 - 2000 B.C.Umfassende Sammlung verschiedener Steinwerkzeuge und Artefakte aus verschiedenen Regionen. Provenance: Rheinischer Privatbesitz, übernommen aus der Sammlung des Vaters.Condition: II
Zehn Faustkeile, Sahara, Altsteinzeit, Acheuléen, ca. 500000 - 100000 v. Chr. Zehn bifaziale, lanzettförmige Faustkeile. Alle mit dem typischen Windschliff von Saharafunden. Länge 11,1 - 17,5 cm.Provenienz: Rheinischer Privatbesitz, übernommen aus der Sammlung des Vaters. Ten Saharan hand axes, paleolithic, Acheulean, approx. 500000 - 100000 B.C. Ten Saharan hand axes, paleolithic, Acheulean, approx. 500000 - 100000 B.C.Zehn bifaziale, lanzettförmige Faustkeile. Alle mit dem typischen Windschliff von Saharafunden. Länge 11,1 - 17,5 cm.Provenance: Rheinischer Privatbesitz, übernommen aus der Sammlung des Vaters.Condition: II
Acht Faustkeile, Sahara, Altsteinzeit, Acheuléen, ca. 500000 - 100000 v. Chr. Acht bifaziale Steinwerkzeuge, darunter sechs lanzettförmige, besonders große Faustkeile und zwei große ovoide Werkzeuge. Alle mit dem typischen Windschliff von Saharafunden. Länge 19,3 - 27,3 cm.Provenienz: Rheinischer Privatbesitz, übernommen aus der Sammlung des Vaters. Eight Saharan hand axes, paleolithic, Acheulean, approx. 500000 - 100000 B.C. Eight Saharan hand axes, paleolithic, Acheulean, approx. 500000 - 100000 B.C.Acht bifaziale Steinwerkzeuge, darunter sechs lanzettförmige, besonders große Faustkeile und zwei große ovoide Werkzeuge. Alle mit dem typischen Windschliff von Saharafunden. Länge 19,3 - 27,3 cm.Provenance: Rheinischer Privatbesitz, übernommen aus der Sammlung des Vaters.Condition: II
Acht Faustkeile, Sahara, Altsteinzeit, Acheuléen, ca. 500000 - 100000 v. Chr. Acht bifaziale, lanzettförmige Faustkeile. Alle mit dem typischen Windschliff von Saharafunden. Länge 13,5 - 17 cm.Provenienz: Rheinischer Privatbesitz, übernommen aus der Sammlung des Vaters. Eight Saharan hand axes, paleolithic, Acheulean, approx. 500000 - 100000 B.C. Eight Saharan hand axes, paleolithic, Acheulean, approx. 500000 - 100000 B.C.Acht bifaziale, lanzettförmige Faustkeile. Alle mit dem typischen Windschliff von Saharafunden. Länge 13,5 - 17 cm.Provenance: Rheinischer Privatbesitz, übernommen aus der Sammlung des Vaters.Condition: II
Michael Mercati Ein wissenschaftlicher Markstein Metallotheca. Opus Posthumum. Opera autem, & studio Joannis Mariae Lancisii. Rom, J. M. Salvioni 1717. • Wegweisende Abhandlung in der Geschichte von Mineralogie und Metallurgie • Mit herausragenden Kupfer-Illustrationen • Erste Ausgabe • Exemplar mit interessanter Provenienz 'A remarkable work on the Vatican mineral collection. Mercati (1541-93) was one of the founders of paleontology.' (Honeyman Collection) Erste Ausgabe dieses reich illustrierten, frühen Kataloges der geologischen Sammlungen im Vatikan. - Michael Mercati (1541-1593) war Leibarzt der Päpste Gregor XIII. und Clemens VIII. sowie Direktor des Botanischen Gartens im Vatikan. Sein hier vorliegendes Hauptwerk wurde dann posthum im frühen 18. Jahrhundert von seinem Nachfolger Lancisi herausgegeben; 1719 erschien noch ein Appendix. 'The collection reflects the state of knowledge extant at that time and therefore includes objects of presumed magical or medicinal virtue as well as those which are correctly identified and described. The plates can scarcely be equalles for fidelity to originals and the exquisit care employed in their engraving and printing.' (Sinkankas) 'Mercati's treatise provided one of the earliest descriptions of the use of tools in the paleolithic era; but because of delay in its discovery and publication, the work never achieved the contemporary influence it deserved.' (Rooms of Wonder) EINBAND: Spät. Halbpergamentband mit Goldschnitt. Folio. 39 : 26 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit gestochenem Frontispiz, gestochener Titelvignette und Initiale, 1 gestochenen Porträt (Bildnis des Autors von P. Nellus und B. Fariat nach Tintoretto) sowie 4 (2 gefalt.) Kupfertafeln und zahlreichen tlw. ganzseitigen Textkupfern. - KOLLATION: Vortitel, Titel, 2 Bll. (Widmung), S. XIII-LXIV, 378 S., 9 Bll. - ZUSTAND: Auf Anfrage. - PROVENIENZ: Seit 35 Jahren in der Sammlung des Bonner Geologen und Paläontologen Prof. Dr. Wolfhart Langer (1933-2017; mit dessen Exlibris im Innendeckel). LITERATUR: Sinkankas 4390. - Nissen II, 6638. - Cicognara 2929. - DSB IX, 309. - UCBA II, 1351. - Caillet 7391. - Dt. Museum, Libri rari S. 189. - Vgl. Honeyman Coll. 2212. - Hoover Coll. 581. - Wellcome IV, 115. - Rooms of Wonder 29. First edition of this pioneering treatise in the history of mineralogy and metallurgy, with outstanding copper illustrations. - With engraved frontispiece, engraved title vignette and initial, 1 engraved portrait (portrait of the author by P. Nellus and B. Fariat after Tintoretto) as well as 4 (2 folded) copper plates and numerous partly full-page text engravings. Later half vellum. - Partly browned and slightly foxed, inner joints reinforced. Binding with minor fire damage and rubbed. Overall a good copy with wide margins, title in red and black. Prof. Langer copy. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.
PALÄOLITHISCHER PROTO-FAUSTKEIL MIT WÜSTENPATINA UND WINDVERSCHLIFF L: 14 cmProvenienz: Sammlung des historischen Waffensammlers und Antiquitätenhändlers Otto Markés, Basel.PALEOLITHIC PROTO-BIFACE WITH DESERT PATINA AND WIND WEARL: 14 cmProvenance: Collection of the historical weapons collector and antique dealer Otto Markés, Basel.
PALÄOLITHISCHER PROTO-FAUSTKEIL MIT WÜSTENPATINA UND WINDVERSCHLIFF L: 15,5 cmProvenienz: Sammlung des historischen Waffensammlers und Antiquitätenhändlers Otto Markés, Basel.PALEOLITHIC PROTO-BIFACE WITH DESERT PATINA AND WIND WEARL: 15,5 cmProvenance: Collection of the historical weapons collector and antique dealer Otto Markés, Basel.
A folder of original work and prints belonging to the late Mary Laing, late MOMA New York and collector of East Anglian artists, including pencil sketch of Peter Clough, a watercolour signed and inscribed for Miss Mary Laing by Abbe Henri Breuil (1877-1961), (pioneer in the study of Paleolithic art) etc.
Geology & Palaeontology.- Lyell (Sir Charles) The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man..., third edition, Sir John Lubbock's copy with his signature and bookplate, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end (foxed), occasional foxing to text, 1863 § Smith (Worthington G.) Man the Primeval Savage, first edition, small ownership stamp to title, 1894 § Johnson (Walter) & William Wright. Neolithic Man in North-East Surrey...with a chapter on Flint..., first edition, 1903, maps and illustrations, original cloth, the first two pictorial gilt, a little rubbed but good copies; and another, 8vo (4)⁂ Sir John Lubbock (1834-1913), banker, politician, and scientist who assisted in establishing archaeology as a scientific discipline. He introduced the terms "Paleolithic" and "Neolithic" to denote the Old and New Stone Ages, and contributed to the debates concerning evolutionary theory.
A Paleolithic flint hand axe of typical long tapered flaked form, detailed 'Keswick' and indistinctly dated, length 19cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Paleolithic flint hand axe of flaked ovate form, detailed 'Keswick' and indistinctly dated '1969', length 11cm, together with another flaked hand tool, detailed 'Ringland Norfolk', length 11cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Selection of Cypriot Greco-Roman pottery shards, tile pieces, glass shards, coins and earlier Paleolithic/Neolithic stone axe head, two chiselled pre-historic scrapers etcProvenance - From the collection of an RAF serviceman based in Akrotiri, Cyprus during the early 1960s, the collection was acquired during that period within Cyprus and now sold through direct descent
An early 17th-Century Norwegian silver spoon Jonas Andersen, c.1631, the fancy ball knop with clasping acanthus detail and reeded knop, above a two stage wrythen and flat section stem, the circular bowl with parcel gilded and engraved foliate section, marked to base of stemDimensions:Length: 17cm, weight: 43.3gNote: Literature:For a comparable please note Klaus Marquandt, Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks and Spoons: An Art Collection Stuttgart 1997, Number 126Jochen Amme, Historical cutlery. Change of form from the Paleolithic to the modern age Aachen 2001 number 178
A mixed collection of archaeological artefacts, including a quantity of mineral specimens, Paleolithic tools, fossils and pottery fragments, all contained within a stained pine collector's chest, height 45cm, width 38cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Paleolithic pear shaped flint hand axe, indistinctly inscribed, length 13cm, together with another similar hand axe, length 11cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A group of antiquities and other collectors' items, including a Paleolithic flint fabricator tool, length 15cm, an African wire bound dagger and a green glass Roman style jug.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Biface du Paléolithique moyen Middle Paleolithic Hand-axeMousterian (Est. 45,000-150,000 BP)Bergerac region, FranceA fine relic of our close ancestor, Homo neanderthalensis, this handsome cordiform hand-axe was discovered in the Dordogne, near Bergerac in France. It represents the refinement of the genus Homo's stone tool-making, known as the Mousterian. These hand-axes were used for various purposes and often called the Swiss Army knife of early man artefacts. Fashioned from the best local flintstone, it measures 11.9 cm long. Weighing approximately 1,900 grams and measuring 12 x 8 x 3 cm (2) Footnotes:Provenance: Ex private collection, BelgiumOffered on an upright ebonized metal display stand. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Biface du Paléolithique Paleolithic Hand-axeAcheulean (Est.150,000-600,000 BP)Mauritania, Sahara, North AfricaThis superb specimen dates from the Acheulean complex of stone tool production, and was fashioned by our ancestor Homo erectus in the area that is now northern Mauritania. So early are these human remains, that when first discovered in the area they were supposed to constitute an entirely separate human species, Atlanthropus mauritanicus (scholarship now includes them in the H. erectus species). This is a classical cordiform hand-axe, reflecting the well-balanced shape of a highly effective tool. Made from jasper with a warm brown glossy patina. Measuring 17 x 10 x 5 cm. Height with stand: 20 cm (2) Footnotes:Provenance: Ex. private collection, BelgiumOffered on a custom-fitted black metal stand.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Archaeology. A large collection of modern archaeology reference & related, including Excavations in Cranborne Chase, Near Rushmore, on the Borders of Dorset and Wilts, volume 1 only, Printed Privately, 1887, large 4to, Prehistoric Aphrodisias, 2 volumes, by Martga Sharp Joukowsky, Rhode Island: Brown University, 1986, folio, The Archaeology of Solvieux An Upper Paleolithic Open Air Site on France, by James Sackett, Los Angeles: University of California, 1999, large 4to, Arae Flaviae I Neue Untersuchungen zur Geschichte des römischen Rottweil, 2 volumes, by Dieter Planck, Stuttgart: Verlag Müller & Gräff, 1975, large 8vo, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some foreign language & odd volumes, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )
A Neolithic chipped stone axe of pointed ovoid form, length 14cm, a similar axe head and a Paleolithic hand axe of pear form.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
![[Women Artists] Carolee Schneemann, Vulva's Morphia New York, Granary Books, 1997. Artists' book in red velvet binding by Jil](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/22e31b51-3022-4a65-8d1e-aea0009b964b/886b69f3-600e-44b7-8a20-aea000d2212d/468x382.jpg)
[Women Artists] Carolee Schneemann, Vulva's Morphia New York, Granary Books, 1997. Artists' book in red velvet binding by Jill Jevne, 28.5 x 22.5 cm, 44 pp., housed in a plexiglass slipcase. Limited edition of 35, this one numbered 20/35, signed by the artist on the last page. Contains thirty-six colour laser prints mounted on Hahnemuhle Premium Velour, with text underneath printed in letterpress by Philip Gallo. All the plates refer to female genitalia, with sources ranging from paleolithic carvings to the artist's own childhood drawings. The velvet cover is in very good condition, the slipcase has some loosening of glued part at the open corners and light scratching on recto. Several laser prints have been stuck to the opposite page, moderately harming the image. See pictures or ask for a more detailed condition report.
Upper Perigordian Culture, Gravettian Period, 25th-20th millennium BC. A stone statuette of a piriform female figure with narrow shoulders and ample teardrop-shaped breasts, hands carved in low-relief descending in arches over the massive rounded belly and large buttocks, short thighs bordering an elongated pubic triangle, lightly sketched knees, the head proportional to the body, no facial features but with an indefinite type of coiffure. Cf. The Venus of Willendorf, NHM Vienna, for similar; see also Grand, P.M., Prehistoric Art: Paleolithic Painting and Sculpture, London, 1967; Gvozdover, M., Art of the Mammoth Hunters: The Finds from Avdeevo, Oxbow Monographs, 1995; Lesure, R.G., Interpreting Ancient Figurines: Context, Comparison, and Prehistoric Art, Cambridge, 2011. 965 grams, 16cm (6 1/4"). From the family collection of a UK gentleman, by descent in the early 1970s; previously acquired before 1960; accompanied by an academic report by Prof. Neritan Ceka and a scholarly note TL05410 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10935-181341. The importance of the Venus statuettes lies in the fact that they are the first three-dimensional artistic creations of man. Most scholars consider them symbols of the cult of fertility and evidence of the existence of a matriarchal society as a form of organization of the earliest human society. The statue belongs to the Venus of Willendorf type of Palaeolithic idols, with obese female characteristics: huge breasts, exaggerated buttocks and genitalia, which have been found from France and Russia. Stylistically, for treatment with rounded shapes, the forward tilted head with non-detailed coiffure, our statue is closest to the Eastern European figures, like the Kostenski, Gagarino or Avdeevo Venuses, belonging to the period of Gravettian art. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website] Fine condition. Rare.
A collection of flint tools including a large Mexican blade, 23.5cm, three Egyptian knives, an African Paleolithic blade, found in Fezzou, a Danish axe head, a British Mezolithic knife, inscribed Taa376580 29/11/86, a Danish flat axe head, Isle of Mors, a Venticulate knife of D shape and a Levantine blade inscribed Nachl Avdat S. Negev. (10) Provenance George and Florangel Lambor Collection.
Eindrucksvolles Set von acht Steinartefakten, Mitteleuropa, Altsteinzeit - Neolithikum Zwei altsteinzeitliche Faustkeile mit schöner Alterspatina, Flint, intakt, Länge 10 und 11 cm. Vier trapezförmige Steinbeile, zum Teil mit Gebrauchsspuren, Länge 6 - 7,5 cm. Kurzes, kräftiges Steinbeil aus hellem Felsgestein, Länge 10,5 cm. Hervorragend erhaltener neolithischer Flintdolch, intakt, Länge 18,5 cm. Provenienz: Aus dem Nachlass eines südwestdeutschen Sammlers.Zustand: IIAn impressive set of eight Central European stone artefacts, Palaeolithic - Neolithic period Two Paleolithic tools with beautiful age patina, flint, intact, length 10 and 11 cm. Four trapezoidal stone axes, partly with signs of use, length 6 - 7.5 cm. Short, strong stone axe made of light-coloured rock, length 10.5 cm. Excellently preserved Neolithic flint dagger, intact, length 18.5 cm. Provenance: From the estate of a collector from Southwest Germany.Condition: II
CHINA - JAPAN -- ZHIYAN, L., eds. Chinese ceramics from the paleolithic period through the Qing Dynasty. (2010). - W.R. SARGENT. Treasures of Chinese export ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum. (2012). - Id. Chinese porcelain in the Conde Collection. (2014). - 3 vols. Prof. ill. Fol. Ocl. w. dust-j.
Natural History Interest. Stone Ball From a Set of Paleolithic Bolas, Used by Early Humans As Tools and Weapons ' Grinding Ball ' Weighs 778.5 grams. Found In South West Libya, Near The Border with Chad. Provenance - Brought Back to England by a British Soldier - Prisoner of War, Held In Bengazi. During World War II.
Natural History Interest. Stone Ball From a Set of Paleolithic Bolas, Used by Early Humans As Tools and Weapons ' Grinding Ball ' Weighs 778.5 grams. Found In South West Libya, Near The Border with Chad. Provenance - Brought Back to England by a British Soldier - Prisoner of War, Held In Bengazi. During World War II.
Sammlung paläolithischer Steingeräte. Nordafrika und Levante, ca. 240.000 - 40.000 v.Chr. Verschiedene Steinsorten, darunter Flint. L 17cm - 9cm. Alle mit Aufklebern zu den Fundorten, darunter ein großes hakenförmiges Objekt mit rötlicher Oberfläche und dem Aufkleber "Theben-West 1967". Die anderen Stücke Faustkeile mit "Wadi es-Samra, Palästina" und ein großer Faustkeil "Ebene Rephaim". 6 Stück! Meist mit herrlicher Wüstenpatina und intakt. A very interesting collection of paleolithic stone tools , partially flint, including a large, reddish hook. The other pieces mostly axes. All with tags naming the findspot. About 240.000 - 40.000 B.C. Mostly with attractive desert patina and intact. 6 pieces! Provenienz: Ex Sammlung J.E., Bayern. In Deutschland seit vor 1983.
Natural History Interest. Stone Ball From a Set of Paleolithic Bolas, Used by Early Humans As Tools and Weapons ' Grinding Ball ' Weighs 778.5 grams. Found In South West Libya, Near The Border with Chad. Provenance - Brought Back to England by a British Soldier - Prisoner of War, Held In Bengazi. During World War II.
Natural History Interest. Stone Ball From a Set of Paleolithic Bolas, Used by Early Humans As Tools and Weapons ' Grinding Ball ' Weighs 778.5 grams. Found In South West Libya, Near The Border with Chad. Provenance - Brought Back to England by a British Soldier - Prisoner of War, Held In Bengazi. During World War II.
ROBERT ALWYN HUGHES mixed media - semi-abstract Gower landscape entitled verso on label 'Study for Red Lady of Paviland', unsigned, label verso states stamped with 'R' on verso of paper, 19 x 13cms Provenance: typed label verso exhibition 'A Healthier Tomorrow' at St David's Hall, Cardiff Auctioneer's Note: The Red Lady of Paviland is an Upper Paleolithic partial skeleton of a male dyed in red ochre and buried in Britain 33,000 BP. The bones were discovered in 1823 by William Buckland in an archaeological dig at Goat's Hole Cave (Paviland cave), one of the limestone caves between Port Eynon and Rhossili on the Gower
A large quantity of collectibles including a wide variety of seeds, natural specimens including fungus, raw rubber, sea urchins and stone tools, with annotations eg early Paleolithic from mountain near Thebes, Egyptian Shabti, quartz containing gold, coral, bottle containing possible coffee beans, a piece of wood with script relating to a house near Bernsford / Izaac Walton 1817 etc
A FLINT AXEHEAD, PROBABLY BRITISH MIDDLE TO UPPER PALEOLITHIC CIRCA 150,000-10,000 B.C. of cordiform with slightly curved leading and rear edges, one face largely dark and the other with lighter patches 16.0 cm; 6 ¼ in Provenance Stated by the owner to have been acquired with a library assembled in the third quarter of the 20th century
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