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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.

Thick pendant with raised border and integral loop. 7.73 grams, 48 mm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

With shallow flanges on both faces and a curved cutting edge. 177 grams, 13.7 cm



From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.

Rectangular-section tapering bar with one end modified to form a slender spike. 21.4 grams, 13 cm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Comprising a round-section body with tapering terminals, hatched decoration. 121 grams, 69 mm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Comprising eight domed studs with a curving integral loop below, set in a seethrough display case. 110 grams total including case, 12-17 mm



Ex German collection, 1990s.

Flat axe with shallow flanges to both faces, a rounded butt and a broad curved cutting edge. 148 grams, 99 mm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.

Comprising: a broad ringware pithos with bifid handle, carinated rim, collector's labels to underside, small hole drilled at base; a similar squat pithos with narrow handle. 353 grams total, 14.7-22 cm



Ex Desmond Morris, between 1967-2001. with Christie's, London, 14-15 May 2002, no.44. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages.