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LOT 1632
British Stone Age Flint Handaxe from Farnham
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-350,000 B.P.
4 1/2 in. (380 grams, 11.4 cm without stand).
Lentoid in section with broad edge and butt; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Farnham, 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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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.
