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LOT 1907
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper from Tilford
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 YEARS B.P.
2 in. (43.3 grams, 50.4 mm).
Ovate in plan with inked findspot 'Tilford' to underside. [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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Lentoid in section with broad base and prominent drilling spike. 26.7 grams, 55 mm
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UK gallery, early 2000s.
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