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.jpg "Greek Marble Head of Dionysus")
.jpg "Roman Veined Marble Torso of an Athlete")
.jpg "Large Middle Elamite Cylinder Seal of Kidnu, Chief Overseer of King Tan-Ruhurater II")
.jpg "Mesopotamian Torch Bearer Stand with Lion Tamer")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Triangular in section with square butt and edge, much cortex remaining. 211 grams, 11.8 cm
Found whilst field walking in Dorset, UK.
Acquired on the British art market.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Found whilst field walking in Dorset, UK.
Acquired on the British art market.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Leaf-shaped and biconvex in section, unusual colouration. 250 grams, 12.5 cm
Found Oman, Middle East.
Acquired from an old UK collection in the 1940s.
Ex private collection of Mr J.L.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.24, for type.
Found Oman, Middle East.
Acquired from an old UK collection in the 1940s.
Ex private collection of Mr J.L.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.24, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Including barbed-and-tanged arrowheads, chisel and oblate blade; all mounted on perspex display frames. 53.6 grams total including stand, 25-34 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Irregular-shaped scraper with some cortex remaining; marked '2.S5.1244.A / Twydall'. 102 grams, 71 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK.
Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915.
Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections.
Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis.
Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
The Twydall finds are discussed in Beresford, F.R., Palaeolithic Material From Lower Twydall Chalk Pit In Kent: The Cook And Killick Collection, in Lithics, Vol.39, 2021.
Found Twydall, Kent, UK.
Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915.
Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections.
Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis.
Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
The Twydall finds are discussed in Beresford, F.R., Palaeolithic Material From Lower Twydall Chalk Pit In Kent: The Cook And Killick Collection, in Lithics, Vol.39, 2021.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising twenty-eight specimens with sharp cutting edges. 300 grams total, 5-10.2 cm
Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising a microlith scraper, arrowhead and others. 27.2 grams total, 14-40 mm
Found early 20th century by the vendor's grandfather at Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Accompanied by a handwritten provenance note.
Found early 20th century by the vendor's grandfather at Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Accompanied by a handwritten provenance note.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Mainly flat in section with rounded butts. 129 grams total, 24-38 mm
Found North Africa.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
See Greenwell, David, F., Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
Found North Africa.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
See Greenwell, David, F., Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Irregular-shaped cleaver with some cortex remaining; with an old inked inscription: '1710 / Twydall'. 560 grams, 13.5 cm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK.
Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915.
Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections.
Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis.
Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
The Twydall finds are discussed in Beresford, F.R., Palaeolithic Material From Lower Twydall Chalk Pit In Kent: The Cook And Killick Collection, in Lithics, Vol.39, 2021.
Found Twydall, Kent, UK.
Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915.
Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections.
Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis.
Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
The Twydall finds are discussed in Beresford, F.R., Palaeolithic Material From Lower Twydall Chalk Pit In Kent: The Cook And Killick Collection, in Lithics, Vol.39, 2021.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Teardrop-shaped spearhead with chip to butt, old collector's inked legend '4'; plano-convex scaphoid two-edged blade with old collector's record card. 31 grams total, 68-69 mm
Probably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co.
Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939.
Probably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co.
Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Long and slender blade, lentoid in section with partly polished finish; old collector's label 'Colchester 1974'. 306 grams, 18.8 cm
Found Colchester, Essex, UK, in 1974.
Acquired on the British art market.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Found Colchester, Essex, UK, in 1974.
Acquired on the British art market.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising thirty knives and some other tools. 237 grams total, 39-70 mm
From the Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
From the Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Mainly with pointed butt, flat in section. 42 grams total, 23-36 mm
Found North Africa.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Found North Africa.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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