Description: A good-sized grey flint tranchet axe with some iron staining and some inoffensive chips, otherwise condition good, with a dull patina. Found at Mundford, Norfolk.
Size: 151 mm/5.9 ins. in length
Culture: Mesolithic
Date: c. 10000-4000 B.C.
Provenance: Ex Dr H.A. Fawcett Collection with his collectors mark. Previously the property of a Surrey collector.
Background: Dr Hugh Alderson Fawcett (1891-1982) built up an important collection of ancient implements, weapons and ornaments that eventually numbered some eight thousand items. The bulk of this collection is now in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, but Fawcett previously sold or traded many pieces in order to improve his collection. His distinctive monogram and careful recording of provenance makes his pieces readily identifiable.
An opportunity to acquire a good British artefact from a renown collection put together by an astute and fastidious collector.
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