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LOT 2881
Farnham Stone Age Knapped Flint Tranchet Arrowhead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
1 5/8 in. (6.3 grams, 43 mm).
Triangular in plan with long cutting edges; marked '260' to upper face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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.
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LOT 2881
Farnham Stone Age Knapped Flint Tranchet Arrowhead
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Opening Bid: £5
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Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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