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British Stone Age Knapped Langdale Tuff Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lentoid in section and D-shaped in profile with thick butt. 724 grams, 13.4 cm
From the collection of Richard Widdowson. Richard owned an Antiquity shop in Southern England and amassed a great and varied Stone Age collection. Purchased from Mr Widdowson in the 1980s and then more recently from a collector in the UK. -
British Stone Age Large Knapped Flint Chisel Tip Arrowhead from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Triangular type with broad cutting edge. 4.67 grams, 33 mm
Found 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. -
Stone Age Acheulean Knapped Cert Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
With thin point, leaf-shaped with stepped upper portions; marked at base 'RE / Bergerac / 69'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 613 grams, 17.7 cm
Found France. Collection of Tony Berlant (b.1941), inventory number 11/02-XX-27. Exported from France under EU Licence no.2023 DMF 1895. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Blades from Farnham
Mesolithic Period, circa 12,000-8,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Group of three leaf-shaped microliths. 1.83 grams total, 21-27 mm
Found 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. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Knife from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Leaf-shaped, made on a very thin flint flake. 7.27 grams, 48.3 mm
Found 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. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper from Tilford
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Ovate in plan with inked findspot 'Tilford' to underside. 43.3 grams, 50.4 mm
Found 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. -
Stone Age Campeignien Knapped Flint Nucleus
Mesolithic Period, circa 7,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Flint core, triangular in profile with fluting to reverse; marked 'NEVOLA / DISL / V200'; with old collector's record card. 132 grams, 12.7 cm
From Nevola, Italy. Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a previous catalogue information card. -
French Stone Age Knapped Cream Stone Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Leaf-shaped in plan and biconvex in section; old collector's label 'gefunden (Mostrie Jarnac St.Rom Charentre, France 50-10000 Jahre'. 190 grams, 13.6 cm
Purchased on the European art market. Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Drill Tool from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Biconvex in section with thick midrib. 9.74 grams, 46 mm
Found 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. -
Large African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Red Stone Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Substantial cleaver, piriform in profile with rounded butt, material with quartzite inclusions. 727 grams, 20.4 cm.
From Goezzam, Sahara. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s. Purchased on the European art market. -
Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Fontmaure Jasper Neanderthal Scraper
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Thin in section with a rounded cutting edge and a handle on the rear. 21.70 grams, 70.19 mm
Fontmaure, Vienne department, 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.
Made by Neanderthal; from the well-regarded area of Fontmaure, the jasper has vibrant colours and traces of chalcedony running through it. -
British Stone Age Flint Strike a Light from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Triangular in section with a long cutting edge; used as a tool to help create sparks to produce fire. 19.1 grams, 51.4 mm
Found 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.
