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British Stone Age Knapped Flint Ovate Knife
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With neatly trimmed cutting edge, narrow butt. 26.15 grams, 70 mm
From an old West Country, UK, collection, sold at auction. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Flint Partial Arrowhead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 5000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising of nine pressure flaked partial arrowheads. 24.8 grams total, 15-41 mm
Found Thames Valley in the 19th century. From an antiquarian Palaeolithic study collection, Shropshire, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Round Flint Steep-Sided Scraper
Neolithic Period, circa 5000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Knapped light grey flint with remaining cortex handle, old collector's number to verso: '109'. 33.25 grams, 48 mm
Found Thames Valley in the 19th century. From an antiquarian Palaeolithic study collection, Shropshire, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Discoid Flint Knife
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A finely knapped discoid knife with a recess for a grip, some dark orange patina. 56 grams, 59 mm
Found Farnham, Surrey, UK, in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the excavations at Farnham. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
British Stone Age Knapped Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead
Bronze Age Period, 3rd millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Teardrop-shaped with broad butt. 2.66 grams, 35 mm
From an old West Country, UK, collection, sold at auction. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age 'French' Burnisher, Arrowhead and Polisher
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: discoid polishing pebble with label '203'; small triangular arrowhead; flat V-shaped pebble with inked labels '1N1-11' and '541'. 247 grams total, 53-69 mm
Found various sites in France. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age 'South Downs' Flint Chisel and Fabricator
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: a plano-convex tool with rounded working edge, labelled 'N173'; a biconvex tongue-shaped tool with much usage wear probably for knapping, labelled 'N 172'. 98 grams total, 78-85 mm
Found South Downs, Sussex, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead
Neolithic-Bronze Age Period, 4th-3rd millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Barbed and tanged type with square ends to the barbs. 2.02 grams, 38 mm
From an old West Country, UK, collection, sold at auction. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Stone Age Long Trapezoidal Steep-Sided Flint Scraper
Mesolithic-Early Neolithic Period, circa 9000-5000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Knapped in mottled grey flint with old collector's number to verso: '106' 33.2 grams, 51 mm
Found Thames Valley in the 19th century. From an antiquarian Palaeolithic study collection, Shropshire, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Bronze Age Knife with Perforated Hilt
Circa 1300-800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
With distinctive scooped blade and perforated hilt, originally hafted; some corrosion in places, end of hilt absent; mounted on custom-made stand with collector's label 'N13821'. 158 grams total, knife: 19.7, 20.2 including stand
Austrian private collection, acquired in the 1990s on the art market. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Bronze Age and Iron Age Artefact Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Including a loop from a socketted axe, iron stud, brooch spring and pin, enamelled fitting, and other items. 210 grams total, 15-53 mm
Found Yorkshire, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Bronze Age Artefact Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Including: spearhead fragment, looped and socketted axe fragment, miniature adze and other items. 65 grams total, 27-58 mm
Found East Anglia, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.