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LOT 2950
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Blades from Yorkshire
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
1 1/8 - 2 1/8 in. (80 grams total, 30-54 mm).
Large group of small knapped blades and other implements [23, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound at a cave site in Yorkshire, UK.
Ex R. G. Widowson, Scarborough, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 2020s.
From a private collection.
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LOT 2950
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Blades from Yorkshire
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Cissbury Ring Stone Age Knife Blade
Mesolithic Period, circa 15,000 B.P. or laterEstimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Parallel-sided blade with thick butt, triangular in section. 55.8 grams, 96 mm
Found near Cissbury Ring Iron Age Hill Fort, near Worthing, West Sussex, UK, September 1947. This knife was 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. -
Stone Age Scrapers and Shards in Display Frame
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Eleven irregular shards and scrapers mounted on a green background in a gilded frame. 320 grams total, 21 x 15.6 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Yonne French Stone Age Levalliois Point
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triangular in plan with one corner chipped, fine retouch to both sides. 28.9 grams, 73 mm
From Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s. Acquired on the European art market in the 2020s. From a private collection.
