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LOT 1925
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Chisel Tip Arrowhead from Farnham
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
1 in. (1.61 grams, 25.6 mm).
With lateral barbs and crescent cutting edge. [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 1925
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Chisel Tip Arrowhead from Farnham
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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British Stone Age Knapped Flint 'Ficron' Handaxe from the Thames Valley
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 550,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Ficron form with a deep autumnal glossy patina; with old collector's note '2 Hand Axes Lower Paleolithic Thames Valley. ?100,000 years old approx. H.H. 3-4-60 British Museum'. 250 grams, 10.2 cm
Found Thames Valley, UK, on 3rd of April 1960. Accompanied by an original, old handwritten note. Acquired on the UK art market. From a private collection in the 2020s. -
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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Very Large African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Red Stone Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Piriform in plan with broad, rounded butt; old inked findspot 'Nr Guezzam'; 1.2 kg, 24.9 cm
From Guezzam, Sahara. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s. Purchased on the European art market.
Made from a material with quartzite inclusions.
