Cordiform with lateral chamfers to the upper face, made from a large thick flint flake; marked to the butt 'Happisburgh 2019 JA Bay One AP'. 180 grams, 74 mm



Found by Mr Anthony Pryke in Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK, January 2019 near site 1.

Discovery by Mr A Pryke after the 'Beast from the East Storm' which stripped the beach of the sand and helped to erode the Palaeolithic artefacts from the ancient Thames river bed. During the time the artefacts were dropped, the Thames ran through North Norfolk and what is now Happisburgh before it was pushed down to its current position in London via the Ice age glacial melts. The site of Happisburgh in Norfolk has helped to push the history of inhabitation of the British Isles back by 200,000 making it a site of special importance.

Fully polished and of a rounded D-shaped section with tapering butt and gently curved cutting edge. 338 grams, 10.8 cm



From a collection purchased on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.

Triangular in plan with rounded angles, lentoid in section with long butting edges; supplied with handwritten authentication card by Philippe Chauchoy "Certificat d'authenticité. Biface acheuléen en silèx grise datant d' environ 150 000 ans, certifié authentique - forme triangulaire (biface dit subtriangulaire) trouvé a 8m de profondeure dans la Somme". 310 grams, 13.2 cm



Recovered from the River Somme. Ex Philippe Chauchoy, Amiens, Northern France. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. Accompanied by an original handwritten and signed certificate of authenticity card from Philippe Chauchoy.

Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 384 grams total, 38-62 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.

Lentoid in section and linguiform in plan with squared cutting edge and broad, rounded butt. 291 grams, 14.6 cm



Found Sahara, North Africa. Acquired from a US-based collector. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.

Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface lozenge-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 76 grams total, 16-42 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.

Trapezoidal in plan with finely knapped chamfered edges. 0.74 grams, 23 mm



Found Farnham, Surrey, UK, 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 to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house.

Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface triangular barbed and tanged flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 24 grams total, 20-31 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.

Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 222 grams total, 27-65 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.

Each lentoid in section with lateral cutting edges, the larger with a broad square butt. 269 grams total, 7.6-12.4 cm



From a Derbyshire auction house, UK. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.

Formed from a natural river cobble, modified by accentuating a large recess in one broad face and extending it to the edge, thus forming a nozzle or ledge on which to rest a wick. 225 grams, 97 mm



Found Dordogne, France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collection of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). Acquired on the UK art market at auction after being sold by Mr Brox’s family. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.

Lentoid in section with broad edge and butt; mounted on a custom-made stand. 380 grams, 11.4 cm without stand



Found Farnham, Surrey, UK, 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 to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house.