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LOT 1989
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Turtle Back Scraper from Farnham
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 YEARS B.P.
1 5/8 in. (22.2 grams, 41.4 mm).
Ovate in plan with intricate retouch around the majority of the piece. [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.
Named ‘’Turtle Back’’ due to the whole top being worked in to a dome.
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LOT 1989
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Turtle Back Scraper from Farnham
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Stone Age Acheulean Knapped Flint Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic, circa 700,000-300,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Flint with mottled brown-yellow patination; triangular in profile with broad base and some cortex. 320 grams, 14 cm
Northern France. Collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), formed between the 1950s and 1990s. Accompanied by the original French Ministry of Culture export certificate no.CBC 242855. -
Stone Age Polished Black Stone Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Rectangular in plan with eccentric chisel edge, square butt. 418 grams, 12.3 cm
From a collection purchased on the UK art market in the 2020s. -
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British Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Flint Ovate Bifacial Handaxe from Farnham Made by Neanderthal Man
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Ovate in plan with pointed butt and curved cutting edge. 148 grams, 83 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.
