A mottled black stone axe head with vertical convex cutting edge. The axe has a central cylindrical socket, and an oblong butt with tapering cheeks.
 
Neolithic Period: Circa 3000-2000 BC.
 
Length 11.2 cms (4.4 ins)
 
From a London private collection. Acquired 1971-1972. 
 
For similar, see items 6.17-6.21: Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1994-2000.