A stone axe head by Flint Jack

A stone axe head by Flint Jack, with paper label inscribed 'Made by Flint Jack Decr 17. 1868.' 13cm long.

Flint Jack, the so called Prince of Counterfeiters (aka Fossil Willy; Bones; Shirtless; Cockney Bill; the Old Antiquarian; Snake Billy; Skin & Grief) real name Edward Simpson (or Edward Smith) possibly of Sleights, Whitby (c:1812-c:1875) was an infamous Victorian forger of stone tools, pottery, coins, stone celts, manuscripts, Roman armour, jet seals, necklaces, fossils and glass objects.