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LOT 2945
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Scrapers and Blades from Dialstone
MESOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 12,000-6,000 B.P.
1 1/2 - 2 1/4 in. (52 grams total, 37-56 mm).
Comprising six implements, five with an inked collector's note. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Dialstone, Cumbria, UK.
From the collection of Mr G.A.
From a private collection.
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LOT 2945
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Scrapers and Blades from Dialstone
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
Slender leaf-shaped flake blade with rounded ends; old inked notation 'Adrar Sirlet, Thierry 1981' 195 grams, 20 cm
Inked Adrar Sirlet, Thierry, 1981. Ex old German collection. -
Fawcett Collection Danish Stone Age Knapped Flint Lanceolate Dagger Blade with Fawcett Monogram
Late Neolithic Period, circa 4,400-3,500 B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Leaf-shaped in plan with notch to the butt, inked 'DEN.47' notation beneath monogram; complete and in wonderful condition, offered in a wooden presentation case. 17.11 grams, 85 mm
Found Denmark, 1947(?). Ex Dr Hugh Alderson Fawcett (1891-1982), a general practitioner and antiquarian who built up an important collection of ancient implements, weapons and ornaments. The present part of the collection having been 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 Knapped Black Stone Axe
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Lentoid in section and ovate in plan with smooth surface and corrugated edge. 211 grams, 12.8 cm
From the collection of 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.
