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LOT 1635
British Stone Age Flint Blades from Farnham
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 12,000-8,000 B.P.
1 - 1 3/8 in. (5.16 grams total, 27-36 mm).
Group of three microliths, linguiform in plan. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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.
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