Code: 2768
Description: A good-sized pale brown grey flint polished axe with a gentle slightly asymmetric posterior taper. Some inoffensive edge and body chips, but the cutting edge largely entire and a nice example. Locality of find unknown, but possibly British.
Size: 150 mm/5.9 ins. in length
Culture: Neolithic
Date: c. 3rd to 4th Millennium B.C.
Provenance: Ex Richard and Molly Alexander Collection, Seaford, East Sussex.
Background: Molly Alexander and her husband Richard shared a passion for art and antiquities and established their own antique and fine art shops in The Lanes, Brighton, in the 1960’s. Richard was a recognised expert in Roman and Greek antiquities and coins having worked at Spink’s in London after World War II. Molly specialised in fine art and chinese pottery. They closed their respective shops in Brighton in the late 1970’s but they kept their unsold stock. The most valuable items were kept in a secret cupboard in their home at Seaford, East Sussex, where they remained for over 40 years.
