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LOT 1928
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Chisel Tip Arrowhead from Farnham
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
1 1/4 in. (1.9 grams, 31.5 mm).
Triangular in section with elongated point. [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 1928
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Chisel Tip Arrowhead from Farnham
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Purchased on the European art market. Property of a Norfolk, UK, collector. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Chisel Tip Arrowhead from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Trapezoidal in plan with crescent cutting edge. 2.93 grams, 28.3 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. -
British Stone Age Knapped Langdale Tuff Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Plano-convex in section with a narrow butt and a broad cutting edge. 345 grams, 15.6 cm
From the collection of Richard Widdowson. Richard owned an antiquity shop in Southern England and amassed a great and varied Stone Age collection. Purchased from Mr Widdowson in the 1980s and then more recently from a collector in the UK.
