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LOT 1671
African Stone Age Green Jasper Hollow-Base Arrowhead
MESOLITHIC-EARLY NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 7200-4500 B.P.
3/4 in. (0.75 grams, 19 mm).
Lentoid in section with barbs to the rear. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Niger, West Africa.
Acquired on the European art market.
From a private S.W. London, UK, collection.
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LOT 1671
African Stone Age Green Jasper Hollow-Base Arrowhead
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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British Stone Age Knapped Flint Beaker Dagger
Beaker Period, 4700-3700 B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Lentoid body with finely knapped edges, inked collector's note 'Suffolk. 86' to one side; very rare. 67 grams, 13.7 cm
Found Suffolk, UK, 1986(?). From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
Farnham Stone Age Flint Microlith and Pit-Dwellings Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two groups placed in old labelled matchboxes, one labelled 'Pit-Dwellings.507.' and containing four implements, the other labelled 'Microliths.Primaries. F.G.P. South.' and containing ten microliths with inked Roman numerals. 33 grams total including boxes, 16-48 mm
Found Tilford, 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. -
Stone Age Tool and Core Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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.
