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LOT 2895
Cissbury Ring Stone Age Flint Tool Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 9000-6000 YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 - 3 3/4 in. (240 grams total, 73-94 mm).
Including a cordate blade, edge scraper and other items with pencilled 'Cissbury' legend, pasted 'Cissbury 1947' label and other markings. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Cissbury, Sussex, UK, circa 1947.
From the collection of 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 2895
Cissbury Ring Stone Age Flint Tool Collection
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Icklingham British Stone Age Knapped Flint Strike-a-Light
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Slender, tongue-shaped in plan, with a tapering end; inked legend 'Icklingham' on one side and the number '498' on the other. 26.2 grams, 85 mm
Found Icklingham, Suffolk, UK. From a private collection. -
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Danish Knapped Tool Group
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: polished axe, rectangular in plan and section with inked 'Denma[..]' and pencilled notations; microlith edge scraper with inked notation 'Koster Denmark (Midden) DEN.45'. 370 grams total, 4.7-10.8 cm
From the collection of 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. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Scrapers and Blades from Dialstone
Mesolithic-Neolithic Period, circa 12,000-6,000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising six implements, five with an inked collector's note. 52 grams total, 37-56 mm
Found Dialstone, Cumbria, UK. From the collection of Mr G.A. From a private collection.
