Context (Other owners)
Entry for 648 in FG1/2/2 reads: '648. C. 73. 'Cookham. 4.1900'. (label). flint. Handaxe. Point Broken. Dirty white. Berkshire.'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Other owners)
This object was previously part of Charles Hartley's collection, Collection C. The catalogue of the collection (FG1/2/2) describes collection C as: 'Another small collection of 101 pieces purchased by C. Hartley in December 1912 for £5.5 from Mr Alfred Bell of 14 Ruskin Road Ipswich, a distinguished collector of fossils + sometime employed at Ipswich Museum. The prehistoric specimens came from the personal collection of a Mr Vansittart, an Army officer; & the Polynesian stones from James R. Gregory, dealer, 139 Fulham Road, who bought them from a private collection.'
Event Date 12/1912
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Other owners)
This object is part of a larger collection of material given by William M. Tapp in 1925 but originally from the collection of Charles Hartley, which Tapp catalogued and numbered prior to his gift to MAA. The catalogue (now in MAA’s archives FG1/2/2) describes the collection as 'The collection of Prehistoric & other implements + specimens made by Charles Hartley M.A., Principal of the Royal College, Colombo, Ceylon', and explains that it was divided in 6 sections, each section having a specific collection history and a letter suffix (A to F). Tapp also explains that 'On acquiring collections, C. Hartley washed the specimens, removed old labels + (where possible) marks, taking careful notes of the same; + remembered the whole'. Tapp's catalogue often records these old marks and/or labels that are no longer visible on labels. Most of the objects are marked with a distinctive Tapp number (3 digit and a full stop, generally very neatly written on the object).
Event Date 1925
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Small.
Event Date 1/4/1991
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Flint handaxe.
Event Date 14/3/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau