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LOT 1924
British Stone Age Polished Axe Head from Farnham
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
3 in. (208 grams, 78 mm).
Lentoid in section with a rounded cutting edge; inked findspot 'Near Fulbrook 19[..]'. [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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