British Palaeolithic 'Forest of Dean' Hand Axe
Flint, 180 grams, 95 mm. Circa 350,000 BP. An attractive, finely worked and fully bifacial ovate hand axe with pale grey-brown gravel terrace patination. Reference: cf. Evans, John Ancient Stone Implements of Great Britain, London, 1897, figure 434 for similar example. Fine condition. Provenance: from an old Hampshire collection; found Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK.