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LOT 1617
British Stone Age 'Doughnut' Macehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
2 7/8 in. (216 grams, 73 mm).
Oblate in profile and drilled vertically at the centre to accommodate a wooden shaft. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from a Scottish auction house.
From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector.
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Large European Stone Age Arrowhead Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Each triangular in plan with tanged butt; the smaller plano-convex in section, the larger lentoid. 37 grams total, 44-66 mm
From a West Country auction house, UK. From the private collection of a West Midlands lady collector. -
Stone Age Fine Knapped Point
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 40,000-22,000 years B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
A knapped lozenge-shaped bifacial tool in light grey flint. 38 grams, 94 mm
Found Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Region, France. From a large French collection formed in the early 1900s. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. -
British Stone Age Hollow Based Flint Arrowhead from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Linguiform type with scooped butt. 3.27 grams, 37 mm
Found Farnham, 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.
