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LOT 1893

British Stone Age Knapped Flint Ovate Knife/Scraper from Farnham

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.

3 3/4 in. (206 grams, 94 mm).

Ovate in plan with a broad cutting edge and rounded butt; a very large example. [No Reserve]

Provenance

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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1893

British Stone Age Knapped Flint Ovate Knife/Scraper from Farnham

Sold for (Inc. bp): £364

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