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LOT 1615
British Stone Age Turtle Back Flint Scraper from Fullbrook Farm
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
2 1/8 in. (47.8 grams, 55 mm).
Plano-convex in section with intricate retouch around the majority of the piece; marked to the underside 'FP 1921 Fullbrook Farm'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Fullbrook Farm, Surrey, UK, in 1901.
From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent.
Named 'Turtle Back' due to the whole top being worked into a dome.
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 1615
British Stone Age Turtle Back Flint Scraper from Fullbrook Farm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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