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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): £72
Lentoid in section with broad cutting edge; old inked inscription 'CAPLY' to centre. 190 grams, 93 mm
Found Caply, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Found Caply, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Cordate in plan with finely worked edges. 240 grams, 12.2 cm
Found in Central France.
From an old French collection formed in the early 1900s.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
Found in Central France.
From an old French collection formed in the early 1900s.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Lentoid-section polished flint blade with narrow rounded point. 140 grams, 12.1 cm
Found Normandy, France.
From an old French collection formed 1910-1920s.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
Found Normandy, France.
From an old French collection formed 1910-1920s.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Irregular scraper; with an old inked inscription: '2.PB.1215.C / Twydall'. 58 grams, 75 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.
.jpg "Superb Stone Age French Cream Flint Amygdaloid Handaxe")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Inscribed in black ink to the reverse: 'PLAZAC / DORDOGNE'. 233 grams, 11 cm
Found Plazac, Dordogne, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Found Plazac, Dordogne, France.
From an old French collection.
Ex Norfolk, UK, private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Triangular scraper; with an old inked inscription: '4.HS.1082.A / Twydall'. 102 grams, 83 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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
With polished brown-black surface, eccentric curved cutting edge, tapering rounded butt; remains of an old label to verso. 771 grams, 17 cm
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.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.31, for type.
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.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.31, for type.
.jpg "Stone Age Flint Scraper Collection")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising: two scrapers, two flakes from a core and two Bann flakes from Ireland; all with old collector's cards and inked catalogue numbers. 91 grams total, 33-86 mm
Probably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co.
Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939.
Accompanied by old handwritten identification cards.
Probably from the collection of General Sir George Cockburn (1763-1947), Shanganagh Castle, Co.
Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939.
Accompanied by old handwritten identification cards.
Comprising a penannular lozenge-section body with conical finials. 2.23 grams, 28 mm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Square-section shank developing to a broad curved cutting edge. 16.2 grams, 69 mm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in East Anglia, UK.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in East Anglia, UK.
Comprising: twenty-seven tongue-shaped plaques with knop finial, two attachment loops to the reverse; six smaller mounts with ribbed bodies and bulbous finials, two attachment loops to the reverse; re-threaded to a string. 102 grams total, 23 cm long
UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
Comprising a coiled flat-section body with tapering terminals. 1.01 grams, 11 mm
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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