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LOT 2856
Cissbury Ring Stone Age Knife Blade
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 15,000 B.P. OR LATER
3 3/4 in. (55.8 grams, 96 mm).
Parallel-sided blade with thick butt, triangular in section. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Cissbury Ring Iron Age Hill Fort, near Worthing, West Sussex, UK, September 1947.
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.
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LOT 2856
Cissbury Ring Stone Age Knife Blade
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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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. -
Yonne French Stone Age Levallois Side Scraper
Middle Palaeolithic Period, Mousterian, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Thin in section, Levallois-type side scraper 'Racloir’ with notched point 55.6 grams, 97 mm
From Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France. From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s. Acquired on the European art market in the 2020s. From a private collection. -
Egyptian Stone Age Tool Group
Pre-Dynastic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including a cordate plano-convex blade and a hooked edge-scraper; each with inked 'Egypt' legend. 63 grams total, 48-74 mm
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.
