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LOT 1945
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Blade Knife from Farnham
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 YEARS B.P.
2 5/8 in. (17.3 grams, 66 mm).
Triangular in section, leaf-shaped, made on a long blade. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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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LOT 1945
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Blade Knife from Farnham
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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British Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Flint Bifacial Handaxe from Farnham Made by Neanderthal Man
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000 to 60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Ovate in form with thick butt. 66 grams, 64.4 mm
Found 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.
Artefacts from this period in Great Britain are not common. -
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Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Rectangular in plan with eccentric chisel edge, square butt. 418 grams, 12.3 cm
From a collection purchased on the UK art market in the 2020s. -
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Acheulean Stone Age Dark Red Quartzite Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Ovate in profile and lentoid in section with broad edge. 724 grams, 14.1 cm
From Northern Sahara, North Africa. From a collection formed during the seventies and eighties and acquired on the British art market. By descent to the current owner in 1998.
