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LOT 1985
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Blades from Farnham
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 12,000-8,000 B.P.
1 3/8 in. (5.69 grams total, 34-36 mm).
Group of three leaf-shaped microliths. [3, 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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Very Large Stone Age Flint Core Group
Neolithic Period, 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Comprising: one tongue-shaped core with parallel facets to one face, cortex to reverse, old inked inscription to base 'La Bonnetierre / Abilly (FR)'; one similar, leaf-shaped with small patch of cortex, old inked inscription to side 'Les Pivots / Le Gd. Pressigny / Imbre Loire (FR) mounted on a custom-made stand. 8.01 kg total, 24-30 cm
Found at la Bonnetière, Abilly, Indre-Loire, France. From an old collection, Mons, Belgium. Private collection London, UK. -
Stone Age Lozenge-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface lozenge-shaped flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 101 grams total, 22-43 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis. -
French Stone Age Green Stone Polished Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
With broad cutting edge and pointed butt; inked findspot '18 Clansayes Drome'. 92 grams, 69 mm
From Clansayes, Drome, France. From a collection acquired at Bonhams in the 2020s.