Cordate in plan in deep black flint with a satin patina; mounted on a custom-made stand. 149 grams, 93 mm (190 grams total, 11.6 cm)



Found Dordogne, France. From the collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936 -2020), an amateur prehistorian and former member of the French Society of Prehistory and the Prehistoric Association of the South-West; also a Honorary Member of the Geological Club of Ile-de-France; his collection of flints formed between the 1950s and 1990s, and coming from Ile-de-France, Oise, Val-d’Oise and the Dordogne.

Lentoid in section and cordate in profile, made from a Levallois flake; mounted on a custom-made stand. 454 grams, 14.3 cm (506 grams total, 15.2 cm including stand)



Found North West Africa. Formally part of a French collection built up in the mid 1900s. Acquired on the UK art market from Mr P M based in Kent.

Mainly ovate scrapers with broad edge, some cortex to butt. 43 grams total, 26-50 mm



Found Bolton, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK. Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Small piriform flake with broad butt, irregular point. 6.72 grams, 48 mm



Found Farnham, Kent, in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction.

Square in section with broad edge and rounded butt. 368 grams, 14.5 cm



From a collection built in the mid 1900s. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.

Triangular in plan with gently curved butt, lateral facets, 57.5 grams, 89 mm



From Yonne, Bourgogne Franche-Compte Region of France. From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s.

Mixed group of points and ovate scrapers. 78 grams total, 33-67 mm



Found Suffolk, UK. Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.

Rounded cobble with signs of use as a hammer stone in knapping. 1.06 kg, 12.2 cm



From South Central Sahara. Ex private French collection, formed 1960s-1970s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Triangular in section with long narrow point; some cortex to butt. 12.4 grams, 65 mm



Found Sougy, Loiret France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. Ex famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). From a private collection, acquired on the UK art market.

Sussex deep patina, well made with a tapered form and tranchet removal to the tip. 499 grams, 16 cm



Found Sussex, UK. From the collection of an English collector. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.

Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface triangular barded and tanged flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 31 grams total, 20-29 mm



UK gallery, early 2000s.

Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis.

Spade-shaped, triangular and other types, each with a tang. 51 grams total, 37-53 mm



Found Grotte des Pigeons, Taforalt, Morocco, North Africa. Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.