Accession No
1922.1231 C
Description
Axe - Partially polished. Square sided
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; ?Cambridge
Period
Neolithic
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [monetary donor]; Maitland, William Fuller [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1922.1231 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Labelled 'Cambridge July 1871'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Auction / Sale)
Bought by a Cambridge dealer in 1921 or 1922 at the sale of the effects of the late Mr William Fuller Maitland of Stansted Hall, Essex and was acquired for MAA by Louis C. G. Clarke.
Event Date 1921
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1922.1231 A-C: 'Three Neolithic axes of Scandinavian type.'
An addition in Cyril Fox's hand reads: 'Partially polished. Flint... All are square-sided.'
Event Date 1922
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (CMS Context)
The card has the following entry: " Three Neolithic axes of Scandinavian type - each labelled Cambridge July 1871.; Bought by a Cambridge Dealer at sale of W.Fuller Maitlands property at Stansted Hall, Essex
Event Date 19/8/1986
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Partially polished axe. Square sided
Event Date 19/8/1986
Author: maa
FM:10374
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