Stone Age Knapped Flint Cleaver. Lower Palaeolithic, European Acheulean, circa 400,000-300,000 B.P. Plano-convex in section and ovate in profile with much cortex to the butt; inked findspot data 'Hachereau / 17 - Saintes / Métairie de Madame' and paper labels '32', 'N 13334'. 322 grams, 12.4 cm ( 519 grams total, 15.6 cm including stand) (4 7/8 in. (6 1/8 in.). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.) Ex Hervé Bouraly, Saint Ouen, France, between 1965-1990. Inscription on object: 'Hachereau / 17 - Saintes / Métairie de Madame'. Europe, France, Saintes, lieu-dit Métairie de Madame.