Cordate in plan with broad point, wide cutting edge, marked 'Kerouster (29-5)' 87.8 grams, 72 mm



Discovered in Le Bois du Rocher, Saint-Hélen, France, according to inscription. Accompanied by a French Ministry of Culture export licence no.CBC 257548, and EU licence no.2026DMF0025.

Plano-convex in section with inked inscription to underside. 23.3 grams, 43 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.

Ovate in plan with pointed butt and curved cutting edge. 148 grams, 83 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.

Artefacts from this period in Great Britain are not common.

With round-section pointed butt and broad curved edge. 257 grams, 12 cm



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

Slender and pointed with facets to the outer face. 4.95 grams, 78.34 mm



From Le Groze - Du Tay. 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.

The Burin is a characteristic lithic tool of the Gravettian period.

Cordate in profile with extensive cortex and lichen. 215 grams, 12.2 cm



Found Hampstead, London, UK. Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Cordate type with a broad cutting edge, a facetted handle to the rear. 248 grams, 11.3 cm



Purchased on the European art market. Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector.

Triangular in section, leaf-shaped, made on a long blade. 17.3 grams, 66 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.

Lentoid in section with rounded edge and base; cortex still remaining on part of the tool; inked findspot 'Salisbury'. 378 grams, 13.5 cm



From the private collection of Mr P.M. Wiltshire, UK. Found by the collector whilst field walking in the Salisbury area during the early 2000s.

Piriform in plan and lentoid in section with eccentric round butt. 467 grams, 15.5 cm.



From Goezzam, Sahara. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s. Purchased on the European art market.

Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface lozenge-shaped flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 101 grams total, 22-43 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.

Piriform in profile with cortex to one face; old findspot label 'Tunesien'. 578 grams, 15.9 cm



From Tunisia. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s. Purchased on the European art market.

Made from flint with a mottled cream and yellow patina.