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Lentoid in section with triangular tip and fishtail tang. 5.36 grams, 36 mm



Found UK. From the collection of a Bedfordshire, UK, lady.

Wide body with an old handwritten label on one side. 403 grams, 12.4 cm



Found Chiver's Pit, Hampshire, UK, 1965. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.

Comprising three knife blades, including one leaf-shaped. 36.2 grams total, 72-75 mm



From the private collection of the late Mr M., a collector from Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK; late 1980s-early 1990s.

Knapped from orange-brown flint and with an old label to one side. 550 grams, 14.4 cm



Found Chivers Pit, Hampshire, UK, 1965. From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.

Biconvex in section with broad butt, remains of cortex to both faces; old inked legends 'Roman Bath Six Bells Farnham 1948' and others effaced. 128 grams, 10.3 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.

Roughly triangular in plan with fine retouch to the face and sides; cortex to butt. 21.6 grams, 62 mm



From Yonne, Bourgogne Franche-Compte Region of France. From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s. Acquired on the European art market. From a private collection.

Formed in dark red quartzite with rounded butt and tapering lower end; tip absent. 550 grams, 12.4 cm



From the Northern Sahara, North Africa. From a collection formed during the 1970s and 1980s, having been acquired on the British art market; thence by descent to the current owner in 1998.

Comprising four small blades. 36.8 grams total, 35-50 mm



From the private collection of the late Mr M., a collector from Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK; late 1980s-early 1990s.

Comprising four knapped implements. 56.5 grams total, 36-48 mm



From the private collection of the late Mr M., a collector from Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK; late 1980s-early 1990s.

Triangular in section and tongue-shaped with cortex to the butt. 83.7 grams, 97 mm



From Yonne, Bourgogne Franche-Compte Region of France. From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s. Acquired on the European art market. From a private collection.

Lozenge-shaped body with an old handwritten label 'Villambard'. 1.87 grams, 28 mm



From 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.

Comprising: burnisher with rounded section, inked markings 'CM3', '507/A', and to reverse '5087', label with 'Farnham / P.D. P.p.S. 1949 XV / Geol.Sur. F.Mo.908'; tongue-shaped burnisher with inked elegends to flat face 526/B', -526- / Brickearth 3ft (in situ) Polisher' 'Cf.507142 forms'; narrow scooped bar with legend 'Over Copton, Farnham'. 344 grams total, 8.9-14.2 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.