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LOT 1607
British Stone Age Flint Blade Scraper from Fullbrook Farm
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
3 3/8 in. (30 grams, 85 mm).
Made on a long flint blade with some original cortex; intricate re-touch on the nose. [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 1607
British Stone Age Flint Blade Scraper from Fullbrook Farm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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