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LOT 1606
Farnham Stone Age Kapped Flint Scraper Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
1 1/2 - 3 1/4 in. (340 grams total, 37-82 mm).
Mixed group of cordate, lanceolate and other types, some with inked findspots and other details. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Faulker (1875-1963), and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental with 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.
Farnham district is one of the most interesting prehistoric regions in England, and has been visited by a succession of prehistoric peoples from Palaeolithic times onwards. Along the southern slope of the Farnham valley are three gravel terraces, which are famous prehistorically and have yielded large quantities of flint implements and bones of prehistoric animals, notably the mammoth. In prehistoric times, the chalk deposits played an important role in attracting settlers, as they contained rich layers of flint nodules used to make implements.
The Farnham Gravels have been an abundant source of Palaeolithic finds, most prominent being hand axes. The axes differ in type, and each type is associated with a cultural phase of the Palaeolithic period. Types similar to these are found in similar deposits in the Somme valley and in many English valley gravels. Flint mining was also carried out by the Neolithic folk. Polished axes and leaf forms, arrowheads and knives, or possibly lance heads, are characteristic of the Neolithic flint work.
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LOT 1606
Farnham Stone Age Kapped Flint Scraper Collection
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Stone Age Flaked Chalcedony Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Finely worked blade with an inked collector's note on one side. 130 grams, 10.6 cm
Found Oigny-En-Valois, France. From an old large French collection. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. -
Large and Impressive Nordic Stone Age Flaked Flint Preform for a Handaxe
Neolithic Period, circa 5000-3500 B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Large ovate handaxe 'blank' with initial knapping work already undertaken, preparatory to finishing and dressing. 790 grams, 19 cm
Formerly in the collection of Swedish Industrialist Nils Thorwaldsen (1918-2019). Ex private collection; acquired during the 1970s-1980s.
These flint axe 'blanks' were widely traded during Neolithic times. -
Stone Age Farnham Flint Arrowheads
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: two barbed-and-tanged types, two leaf-shaped and one triangular type. 12.09 grams total, 29-37 mm
Found during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Faulker (1875-1963), and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental with 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.
Farnham district is one of the most interesting prehistoric regions in England, and has been visited by a succession of prehistoric peoples from Palaeolithic times onwards. Along the southern slope of the Farnham valley are three gravel terraces, which are famous prehistorically and have yielded large quantities of flint implements and bones of prehistoric animals, notably the mammoth. In prehistoric times, the chalk deposits played an important role in attracting settlers, as they contained rich layers of flint nodules used to make implements. The Farnham Gravels have been an abundant source of Palaeolithic finds, most prominent being hand axes. The axes differ in type, and each type is associated with a cultural phase of the Palaeolithic period. Types similar to these are found in similar deposits in the Somme valley and in many English valley gravels. Flint mining was also carried out by the Neolithic folk. Polished axes and leaf forms, arrowheads and knives, or possibly lance heads, are characteristic of the Neolithic flint work.
