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Sold for (Inc. bp): £28,600
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £39,000
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £24,700
Trapezoidal in plan with vivid purple, opaque cream and carrot-yellow colours. 89 grams, 92 mm

Found Fontmaure, France.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
From the collection of famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023), formed in the 1980s-1990s.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.

Irregular worked flint with some cortex remaining, old inked legend 'SALISBURY' to the edge. 115 grams, 78 mm

Found fieldwalking near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, by Mr P.M.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.

Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.27, for type.

Group of finely worked flint tools with adhesive labels and inked collection numbers W10, 20, 21, 29, 30,32, 38, 59 and two unnumbered; all from Wellesbourbe, warwickshire, UK. 92 grams total, 22-52 mm

Found Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
Ex amateur archaeologist.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.

Flaked cobble, lozengiform in section with broad butt and rounded point. 318 grams, 12 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 1.22.

Of irregular form with some cortex; with an old inked inscription: '1408 Twydall'. 384 grams, 10.7 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.

Substantial axehead with hammer face to rear; the macehead with old inked inscription: '84.277 / ORKNEY'. 3.65 kg total, 12.3-19.5 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.

Comprising mainly leaf-shaped examples. 83 grams total, 23-44 mm

Ex Arthur Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.

Triangular-section blade with two cutting edges; with an old inked inscription: '2.K.1253.A Twydall'. 54 grams, 76 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.

Formed as a disc with four flat spokes radiating from a hatched hub, with ring to the underside attached by four short posts. 30.2 grams, 50 mm

From the private collection of Mr J.L., Surrey, UK.

Lot No. 1595
7
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Leaf-shaped blade with two cutting edges, rounded point, two sturdy attachment rivets to the shoulder. 19.6 grams, 77 mm

From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

Lot No. 1596
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Formed as a coiled rod with tapering ends. 83 grams, 73 mm

From a collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Lot No. 1597
3
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Squat jar with broad shoulder, rolled rim. 307 grams, 11.6 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.

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