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LOT 1516
British Stone Age Flint Scraper from Farnham
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
1 3/4 in. (15.9 grams, 45 mm).
Cordate in plan with intricate re-touch around 90% of the perimeter. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Farnham, Kent, 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.
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