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LOT 2930
Brown Heath Cheshire Stone Age Flint Saw on Card
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
3 in. (11.8 grams total including card, 75 mm).
Parallel-sided with rounded butt and one serrated edge; inked '526' legend and some faded pencil notations; card with 'Heath Brow' legend. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Brown Heath, Cheshire, UK in 1911.
This saw was gifted to Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham; who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.
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LOT 2930
Brown Heath Cheshire Stone Age Flint Saw on Card
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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El Golea Algeria Stone Age Polished Axe Heads
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two with round-section shank flaring to a broad cutting edge, rounded butt; inked inscription to the obverse 'TA III' and 'GA0', and old label 'S3,25'. 21 grams total, 31-34 mm
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Farnham Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ovate type with plano-convex section. 23 grams, 46 mm
Found during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Falkner (1875-1963) and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental in the excavation works and pit dwellings at sites including Six Bells, Frensham, Tilford, Thursley and Bagshot, and Waverley, amongst others, at and near Farnham in the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the material is now in the prestigious Farnham museum. The present part of the collection having been gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham, who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew. -
Edouard Latet - La Madelaine Stone Age Knife with Label
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triangular-section long-edged knife with old printed paper label '['C' monogram] [L]a Madelaine / Dordogne / 1863 France No.'. 32.3 grams, 10.2 cm
Found by Edouard Latet, La Madeleine, Dordogne, France, 1863. This is a very desired label from pretty much the founder of French Pre-History. This knife was gifted to Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham; who was part of the Borelli family from Italy who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.
Edouard Lartet, financed and helped by the Englishman Henry Christy, were the first systematic excavators of the site, starting in 1863. They published their findings in 1875 under the name of the Age of the Reindeer. Objects that were found at the La Madeleine site are distributed among a number of museums, including the Muséum de Toulouse, the Musée des Antiquités Nationales, St. Germain-en-Laye and the British Museum.
