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Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 115 grams total, 21-50 mm



Ex UK gallery, early 2000s.

Lentoid in section with barbs to the rear. 0.86 grams, 23 mm



From Niger, West Africa. Acquired on the European art market. From a private S.W. London, UK, collection.

Including leaf-shaped blades, scrapers, burin and other types. 406 grams total, 70-92 mm



From a UK private collection since at least 1946. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.

With a leaf-shaped blade and long tand, an old inked collector's note to one side; repaired. 35.3 grams, 11.1 cm



Found Denmark. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.

Barbed and tanged type made from a rare material. 1.8 grams, 22 mm



From Henoville, France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collections of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). Acquired on the UK art market in the 2020s. From a private collection.

Rectangular-section thick-butted axe with a smoothed blade. 132 grams, 14.4 cm



Found Denmark. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.

Tongue-shaped with flat base and curved cutting edge; old inked legends '9 526 - P', 'Farnham Water Lane 3/30'. 213 grams, 14.8 cm



Found during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Faulker (1875-1963), and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental with the excavation works and pit dwellings at sites including Six Bells, Frensham, Tilford, Thursley and Bagshot, and Waverley, amongst others at and near Farnham in the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the material is now in the prestigious Farnham museum. The present part of the collection having been gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham; who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.

Farnham district is one of the most interesting prehistoric regions in England, and has been visited by a succession of prehistoric peoples from Palaeolithic times onwards. Along the southern slope of the Farnham valley are three gravel terraces, which are famous prehistorically and have yielded large quantities of flint implements and bones of prehistoric animals, notably the mammoth. In prehistoric times, the chalk deposits played an important role in attracting settlers, as they contained rich layers of flint nodules used to make implements. The Farnham Gravels have been an abundant source of Palaeolithic finds, most prominent being hand axes. The axes differ in type, and each type is associated with a cultural phase of the Palaeolithic period. Types similar to these are found in similar deposits in the Somme valley and in many English valley gravels. Flint mining was also carried out by the Neolithic folk. Polished axes and leaf forms, arrowheads and knives, or possibly lance heads, are characteristic of the Neolithic flint work.

Comprising fifteen small blades set on an old postcard with a handwritten note below 'from 'Caesar's Camp' (near cliff edge)'. 13 grams total, 14 x 9 cm including card



Found Caesar's Camp, near Cliffs Edge, near Farnham, Hampshire. Found during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Faulker (1875-1963), and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental with the excavation works and pit dwellings at sites including Six Bells, Frensham, Tilford, Thursley and Bagshot, and Waverley, amongst others at and near Farnham in the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the material is now in the prestigious Farnham museum. The present part of the collection having been gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham; who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.

Farnham district is one of the most interesting prehistoric regions in England, and has been visited by a succession of prehistoric peoples from Palaeolithic times onwards. Along the southern slope of the Farnham valley are three gravel terraces, which are famous prehistorically and have yielded large quantities of flint implements and bones of prehistoric animals, notably the mammoth. In prehistoric times, the chalk deposits played an important role in attracting settlers, as they contained rich layers of flint nodules used to make implements. The Farnham Gravels have been an abundant source of Palaeolithic finds, most prominent being hand axes. The axes differ in type, and each type is associated with a cultural phase of the Palaeolithic period. Types similar to these are found in similar deposits in the Somme valley and in many English valley gravels. Neolithic people are known to have engaged in flint mining. Polished axes and leaf forms, arrowheads and knives, or possibly lance heads, are characteristic of Neolithic flint work.

Triangular in section with broad cutting edge and side-notch; old label 'Fontmaure'. 25.2 grams, 66 mm



From the well-regarded site of Fontmaure, Vienne department, France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collections of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). From a private collection.

Triangular in section with long swept cutting edge; inked legend 'Le Groze du Tayac (Dordogne)' and old label with same legend. 52 grams, 12.7 cm



From Le Groze - Du Tayac, France. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collections of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.

Ovate in plan and triangular in section with some cortex to the upper face; inked legend 'St.Meme / Charente / Biface Abbevillien' 286 grams, 11 cm



From the well-regarded site of St Meme, Charente, France. From the collection of a Belgian gentleman. Acquired from the European art market.

In yellow-brown stone, an old collector's label reading 'Le Grand-Pressigny (Indie & Loire)' on one side and an inked note 'N 1 Neol. Le Grand Pressigny' on the other side. 360 grams, 15 cm



From Le Grand-Pressigny, France (according to label and inscription). Collection of Michel C. Vaes, Belgium, formed 1960s-90s. Accompanied by a copy of EU Licence no.2026 DMF 0436.