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LOT 1979
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Trapeze Arrowhead from Farnham
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 12,000-8,000 B.P.
1 in. (0.79 grams, 27.3 mm).
With arched rear edge and straight 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 1979
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Trapeze Arrowhead from Farnham
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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Large Stone Age Quartzite Pointed Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Cordate on plan and lentoid in section with chocolate-brown cortex to the base. 1.17 kg, 18.5 cm
From Northern Sahara, North Africa. From a collection acquired on the UK art market before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate, thence by descent. -
Scandinavian Type VIB Knapped Flint Dagger
Early Bronze Age, circa 1800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With lentoid-section shank, leaf-shaped blade; repaired. 58.4 grams, 16.2 cm
From as European collection formed after 1968. From the private collection of a North Somerset, UK, gentleman collector. -
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French Stone Age Knapped Flint Cordate Handaxe
Late Middle Palaeolithic, circa 160,000-40,000 В.Р.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Cordate handaxe made on a large struck flake, dorsal face completely flaked and the ventral surface with several large removals opposite the striking platform to form a grip; the rest of the surface left smooth as struck; slight 'S' twist visible in profile. 287 grams, 12.2 cm
From a collection formed between 1919-1940 by Mr Maurice Chevais (1880-1943) and subsequently purchased on the French art market.
