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LOT 1959
British Stone Age Napped Flint Blade Scraper from Farnham
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 YEARS B.P.
2 5/8 in. (18.9 grams, 67.4 mm).
Made on a long flint blade with intricate re-touch around 95 percent of the piece. [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.
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LOT 1959
British Stone Age Napped Flint Blade Scraper from Farnham
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
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