Description: A subrectangular bifacially flaked grey flint axehead of thickened form, with dense white patination, possibly a roughout. Some iron staining and surface abrasion, some recent edge chips, otherwise condition good. Found at Olendon, Calvados, Normandy, France.
Size: 111 mm/4.4 ins. in length
Culture: Neolithic
Date: c. 3500 B.C.
Provenance: Ex F.S. Clark Collection, Woking, Surrey, with his collectors mark. Ex Robert Stonard Collection, Surrey.
Background: Mr Fred Clark (1923-2016) ran the Old Curiosity Shoppe, The Quadrant, Onslow Street, Guildford, Surrey, in the 1970’s-1980’s selling a range of collectables. A passionate collector and field-walker, he built up a fine collection of antiquities, notable for British prehistoric items, a significant number of which he obtained through trade with Dr. H.A. Fawcett. Like Fawcett, he was meticulous in documenting his collection, even the most humble tools were catalogued and fully labelled with locality, accession number and his characteristic monogram.
