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LOT 2850
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Blades and Scrapers from Dialstone
MESOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 12,000-6,000 B.P.
1 1/4 - 2 1/4 in. (57 grams total, 33-58 mm).
Comprising six implements, each with an inked collector's note. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Dialstone, Cumbria, UK.
From the collection of Mr G.A.
From a private collection.
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LOT 2850
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Blades and Scrapers from Dialstone
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Stone Age Obsidian Blade Core
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Plano-convex in section and tongue-shaped in plan, with evidence for eight flaked blades having been removed from the upper face, possibly Greek. 72.8 grams, 92 mm
Gifted to Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham, who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew. -
Farnham Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ovate type with plano-convex section. 23 grams, 46 mm
Found during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Faulker (1875-1963), and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental with the excavation works and pit dwellings at sites including Six Bells, Frensham, Tilford, Thursley and Bagshot, and Waverley, amongst others at and near Farnham in the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the material is now in the prestigious Farnham museum. The present part of the collection having been gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham; who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.
Found during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Faulker (1875-1963), and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental with the excavation works and pit dwellings at sites including Six Bells, Frensham, Tilford, Thursley and Bagshot, and Waverley, amongst others at and near Farnham in the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the material is now in the prestigious Farnham museum. The present part of the collection having been gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham; who was part of the Borelli family from Italy wh a relist o emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew. -
Danish Type IIIb Stone Age Knapped Flint Dagger
Neolithic Period, circa 4,100-3,950 B.P.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Leaf-shaped in plan and lozenge-form in profile, with flattened tapering point. 46 grams, 14.7 cm
Acquired as part of a collection of Danish Neolithic flint artefacts from a Swedish auction house. From the private collection of a S.W. London, UK, gentleman.
