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British Stone Age Knapped Flint Knife from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Winning Bid: £30
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.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Winning Bid: £12
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.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Winning Bid: £5
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.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Winning Bid: £80
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.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Winning Bid: £13
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.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Winning Bid: £11
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.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Winning Bid: £10
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.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Winning Bid: £5
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. -
Very Large African Homo Erectus Knapped Stone Cleaver
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Winning Bid: £5
Lozengiform in section with broad cutting edges, point chipped. 961 grams, 21.5 cm
From Western Sahara. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s. Purchased on the European art market. -
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British Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe from the Thames Valley
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 550,000-300,000 B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Winning Bid: £50
Thin cordate form with a deep autumnal glossy patina; with an old collector's note 'Achulean Handaxes of the Lower Palaeolithic Period. Age 250,000-100,000 BC. Flint: occurs in chalk 80,000,000.' 94 grams, 87 mm
Found Thames Valley, UK, on 3rd of April 1960. Accompanied by an original, old handwritten note. Acquired on the UK art market. From a private collection in the 2020s. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Axe Head from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Winning Bid: £35
Lentoid in section with rounded butt. 131 grams, 99 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. -
French Stone Age Magdalenian Bone Needle
Magdalenian Period, circa 21,000-13,000 B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 12 | Current Winning Bid: £272
Well-preserved bone needle from ‘’Abris Val De Seine’’. 3.69 grams, 98 mm
From an auction with Art Remy Le Fur. Acquired on the European art market in the 2020s. Accompanied by a copy of French export licence no.257541.
The Magdalenian is a technocomplex of the Late Upper Palaeolithic. It dates from around 21,000 to 13,000 years BP. It is named after the type site of Abri de la Madeleine, a rock shelter located in the Vézère valley of Tursac in Dordogne, France.
