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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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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.
