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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]
ProvenanceFound Fullbrook Farm, Surrey, UK, in 1901.
From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent.
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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British Stone Age Flint Awl from Headley Heath
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Triangular in plan with curved point; marked ''Headley Heath 190[1]'. 18.5 grams, 57 mm
Found Headley Heath, Surrey, UK, in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent.
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. -
Stone Age Neanderthal Flint Knife
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Linguiform type, plano-convex in section with square butt. 40 grams, 71 mm
Found Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region, France. From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s. From a private collection of a French gentleman, which was sold by his family at auction after his death. -
Stone Age Polished Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Finely polished and lentoid in section with tapering form, narrow butt and curved cutting edge. 205 grams, 11.5 cm
From the Oise area in Northern France. From a collection purchased on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
