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LOT 1609
British Stone Age Crescent Flint Scraper from Fullbrook Farm
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
2 in. (20.9 grams, 50 mm).
Flat in section with gentle scoop to the underside; cortex to edge marked 'Fulbrook Farm' [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Fullbrook Farm, Surrey, UK, in 1901.
From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent.
Footnotes
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.
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LOT 1609
British Stone Age Crescent Flint Scraper from Fullbrook Farm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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