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LOT 2808
Danish Type IIIb Stone Age Knapped Flint Dagger
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4,100-3,950 B.P.
5 3/4 in. (46 grams, 14.7 cm).
Leaf-shaped in plan and lozenge-form in profile, with flattened tapering point. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired as part of a collection of Danish Neolithic flint artefacts from a Swedish auction house.
From the private collection of a S.W. London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2808
Danish Type IIIb Stone Age Knapped Flint Dagger
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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South American Stone Age Arrowhead
Circa 6000- 4000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Leaf-shaped with long cutting edges; inked note reading 'S.America, AS.16., HF'. 3.18 grams, 42 mm
With desired Hugh Fawcett Collection monogram. From the collection of West Sussex, UK, collector.
Dr. Hugh Alderson Fawcett (1891-1982) was a general practitioner and antiquarian who built up an important collection of ancient implements, weapons and ornaments. The bulk of his collection is now in the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, but Fawcett previously sold or traded some examples. His distinctive monogram and careful recording of provenance makes his pieces readily identifiable. -
Aylesford Stone Age Knapped Hand Axe.
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Piriform in plan and biconvex in section; inked legend 'Aylesford' in two places and '1[.]12' date. 392 grams, 12.3 cm
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Stone Age Mixed Type Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Ex UK gallery, early 2000s.
